ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,668, issued on May 26, was assigned to EXEL INDUSTRIES (Epernay, France).

"Supply device for a sprayer, modules for such a supply device, and application facility of a coating product comprising such a supply device" was invented by Denis Vanzetto (Epernay, France) and Joseph Tarantini (Epernay, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A feeding device for feeding coating and/or cleaning agents to a sprayer has an annular structure and includes an annular plate, a plurality of connection modules, a plurality of function modules and a plurality of inlet modules. Each connection module is removably mounted to bear against one side of the a...