US Patent Issued to GROUPE REFRACO on April 8 for "Mortar applicator and mortar application system having same" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,214, issued on April 8, was assigned to GROUPE REFRACO INC. (Chicoutimi, Canada).

"Mortar applicator and mortar application system having same" was invented by Giovanni Pucella (Chicoutimi, Canada), Lavoie Marc-Michel (Chicoutimi, Canada), Guillaume Keighan (Saint-Charles-de-Bourget, Canada), Jean-Daniel Dufour (Alma, Canada), Eric Goudreault (Jonquiere, Canada) and Jean-Philippe Morasse (Alma, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mortar applicator includes: a duct; a piston movably mounted within the duct, dividing the duct into first and second variable volume chambers; a pump fluidly connected to the first variable volume chamb...