ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,494, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to INNOSEN Ltd. (Hong Kong).
"Apparatus to enamel rate selected regions of metal objects" was invented by Lucien Nelen (Hong Kong).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus to enamel rate a selected region of a metal object, such as the rivet area of a lid 40 of a food or beverage container by the adaption of a lid of an electrolyte vessel to direct electrolyte specifically to an area T that requires testing, with the rest of the object being kept dry and separate from the area to be tested. The vessel plate has a main body 16 configured as a lid for attachment to a test chamber and an adapter ...