US Patent Issued to Graco Minnesota on Jan. 27 for "Systems for high production exterior wall spraying" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,701, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Graco Minnesota Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Systems for high production exterior wall spraying" was invented by Robert W. Kinne (Andover, Minn.), James C. Schroeder (Ramsey, Minn.), William M. Blenkush (Becker, Minn.) and Barry W. Mattson (Otsego, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure presents several options for spraying paint on large elevated surfaces. In a first example, a lift is equipped with sensors to move a painter along the wall in a serpentine pattern while maintaining a constant separation distance and orientation to facilitate spraying of the wall. In a second example, a sp...