ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,445, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to EXEL INDUSTRIES (Epernay, France).

"Pipe shaping guide, coating product sprayer comprising such a guide and coating product application installation comprising such a sprayer" was invented by Joseph Tarantini (Epernay, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shaping guide of at least one pipe for feeding a fluid product into a spraying element belonging to a sprayer of coating product is configured for being mounted around a central body of the sprayer and includes at least one spiral-shaped retaining portion for retaining in position a section of the feeding pipe, with a predetermined geometry, ...