ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,930, issued on April 14, was assigned to Roeslein & Associates Inc. (St. Louis).
"Ultraviolet bottom coating system" was invented by Stephen Joseph Boing (Dardenne Prairie, Mo.), Nicholas John Marasovich (St. Louis), Stanley G. McCrorey (Bonne Terre, Mo.) and Allen Wayne Reames (Fairview Heights, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultraviolet bottom coating system including a conveyor mechanism configured to route a plurality of cans in a machine direction, wherein the plurality of cans each have a bottom surface and uncured coating material applied on the bottom surface. The system also includes at least one ultraviolet light-e...