ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,915, issued on Feb. 17.

"Paint-supply system for a coating installation, and associated operating method" was invented by Alexander Ruger (Murr, Germany), Sascha Hermann (Korb, Germany), Luis Jimenez Cadenas (Esslingen, Germany) and Eduard Fruhsorger (Zabergeld, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a paint supply system for a coating installation (e.g. painting installation) comprising a ring line for circulation of a coating agent, a ring line tapping point in the ring line for extraction of the coating agent from the ring line, a consumer and a tap line leading from the ring line tapping point to the con...