ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,493, issued on July 1, was assigned to HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LP (Spring, Texas).
"Primer apparatus" was invented by Aviv Shahin (Ness Ziona, Israel), Keren Nadav (Ness Ziona, Israel), David Oesterreicher (Ness Ziona, Israel) and Eyal Joseph (Ness Ziona, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A primer roller may include a cylinder having an outer support surface. The outer support surface support surface may have a length in an axial direction and a fixed outer diameter extending along the length. The roller may further comprise, at least at least one elastically deformable annular sleeve having an axial length less than t...