MUMBAI, India, Sept. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531021730 A) filed by Arka Jain University, Jharkhand on March 11, 2025, for Automated Newspaper Storage Device.

Inventor includes Dr. Sonia Riyat.

The application for the patent was published on September 18, 2026, under issue no. 38/2026.

Abstract: An automated newspaper storage device comprising, a housing 101 positioned over a fixed surface and configured with multiple compartments 102 each store a rolled newspaper, a vertical plate 103 configured with two motorized clamps 104 that are accessed to engage an end of a newspaper with clamps 104 for gripping end, an imaging unit 105 integrated with a OCR (Optical Character Recognition) module to determine publishing date of newspaper written over newspaper, a motorized ball and socket joint rotate clamps 104 on axis for rolling gripped newspaper, two robotic grippers 106 access a chamber stored with strips arranged over plate 103 to withdraw one of strip from chamber and tie around rolled newspaper to prevent unrolling of newspaper, a slidable lid 108 open one of compartment 102 to enable grippers 106 to insert tied newspaper within compartment 102 in view of storing newspaper.

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