ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,059, issued on July 1, was assigned to GROUPE REFRACO INC. (Chicoutimi, Canada).
"Mortar applicator and mortar application system having same" was invented by Giovanni Pucella (Chicoutimi, Canada), Marc-Michel Lavoie (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 having a first end and a second end; a piston movably mounted within the duct, the piston dividing the duct into first and second variable volume chambers on opposite sid...