ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,419, issued on June 23, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVER (Courbevoie, France).
"Installation for the production of mineral wool and device for spraying a sizing composition, forming part of such an installation" was invented by Frederic D'Herin Bytner (Paris), Sebastien Colin (Tarbes, France) and Bernard Lericque (Monchy Saint Eloi, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An annular device for spraying a sizing composition onto mineral fibres includes at least one circuit for distributing the sizing composition and at least one spray nozzle in fluid communication with the circuit and arranged on a periphery of the annular spray devi...