ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,245, issued on May 12, was assigned to CHANGZHOU SHICHUANG ENERGY Co. LTD (Jiangsu, China).

"Chain-type roller coating apparatus and use thereof" was invented by Changrui Ren (Jiangsu, China), Min Wang (Jiangsu, China), Hao Pan (Jiangsu, China) and Yun Zhang (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application provides a chain-type roller coating apparatus, including a liquid coating roller and a synchronizing wheel. The synchronizing wheel is provided with a mounting hole. A proximity switch is arranged on an outer side of the synchronizing wheel. The synchronizing wheel is further provided with a trigger element wh...