US Patent Issued to FANUC America on Oct. 27 for "Solvent push floating piston" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,709, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to FANUC America Corp. (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

"Solvent push floating piston" was invented by Alexandra Critchett (Shelby Township, Mich.), Ernest M. Otani (Waterford, Mich.) and Douglas Waineo (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for dispensing paint including a canister manifold having a paint input valve, a paint output valve, a push valve and a solvent input/output line. The system also includes a paint canister coupled to the canister manifold that includes a driven piston and a floating piston defining a paint volume therebetween, and a solvent volume between th...