ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,594, issued on March 25, was assigned to Graco Minnesota Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Mix chamber for a plural component sprayer" was invented by Daniel P. Ross (Vadnais Heights, Minn.), Joseph E. Tix (Hastings, Minn.), Samuel R. Stewart (Minneapolis), Mark T. Weinberger (Mounds View, Minn.), Christopher J. Pellin (Victoria, Minn.), Jeffrey N. Velgersdyk (Minnetonka, Minn.), Jack A. Bosak (Coon Rapids, Minn.) and Jacob R. Whiteoak (Blaine, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mix chamber for a plural component sprayer is configured to receive first and second component materials and emit a spray of a resulting plural component material. T...