ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,994, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to FANUC AMERICA Corp. (Rochester Hills, Mich.).
"Wear resistant distributor post" was invented by Andrew Woodcox (Holland, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wear resistant mounting post for a distributor cap in a rotary bell cup atomizer. The mounting post includes a flange separating a thin barbed end from a larger diameter central portion. The flange fits into a countersunk depression in the distributor cap to provide a flange surface which is flush with the distributor cap surface. Paint flowing radially outward across the distributor cap follows the flange surface to the central portion of...