ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,529, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Spraying Systems Co. (Wheaton, Ill.).

"Fluid injection hollow cone spray nozzle assembly" was invented by Digna Boatman (Plainfield, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spray nozzle assembly includes a nozzle cap body and a deflector cap. The nozzle cap body having a fluid passage extending there through. The downstream end of the fluid passage being defined by an end wall having a discharge orifice. The end wall defines an exterior end surface of the cap body. A deflector cap is arranged at a downstream end of the cap body. The deflector cap has an upstream end defining a deflector surface s...