MUMBAI, India, Sept. 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202527054748 A) filed by Sidel Participations, Octeville-sur-Mer, France, on June 6, for 'loading, transporting and unloading of articles such as cardboard boxes or crates.'

Inventor(s) include Ferre, Laurent.

The application for the patent was published on Sept. 26, under issue no. 39/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to a gripping device (1) to be mounted on a robot (2) in a palletizing installation, for loading, transporting and unloading of articles (3) such as boxes or crates, said device (1) comprising a support (5) for attachment to said robot (2) and a guide means (6) mounted on said support (5). The device is characterized in that it comprises: - at least two jaws (4) facing each other and mounted movably on said guide means (6), so as to clamp at least one article (3) by the sides, with said support (5) above said at least one article (3), - an actuating means (7) for moving said jaws (4) independently of each other along said guide means (6) between a spaced-apart position of said jaws (4) and a clamping position. The invention also relates to an installation for loading, transporting and unloading of articles (3), and to a method for palletizing articles (3)."

The patent application was internationally filed on Dec. 07, 2023, under International application No.PCT/EP2023/084769.

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