ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,755, issued on July 1, was assigned to EXEL INDUSTRIES (Epernay, France).

"Installation for the application of a coating product and method for controlling such an installation" was invented by Cedric Le-Strat (Epernay, France) and Ilhan Tel (Epernay, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This installation for application of a coating product comprises a print head equipped with a plurality of nozzles each controlled by a valve supplied by a product source. A product accumulator, installed on a product circulation circuit, comprises a deformable or movable wall delimiting, at least in part, a first chamber of variable volume supplied ...