ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,667, issued on May 26, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).
"Coating nozzle and coating apparatus" was invented by Kazuhiro Egawa (Shizuoka, Japan), Susumu Muramatsu (Shizuoka, Japan) and Koji Sakurada (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coating nozzle includes: a nozzle hole from which a liquid paint is discharged in a liquid discharge direction; a liquid chamber communicating with the nozzle hole; a paint supply channel communicating with the liquid chamber, the paint supply channel configured to supply the liquid paint to the liquid chamber, a cleaning-liquid supply channel communicating with the liquid chamber...