ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,102, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to HOMAG GmbH (Schopfloch, Germany).
"Device and method for coating a workpiece" was invented by Ludwig Albrecht (Dornstetten-Aach, Germany), Ruven Weiss (Alpirsbach, Germany), Harald Rieger (Waldachtal, Germany) and Felix Schatz (Dornhan, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for coating a workpiece that consists at least in sections of wood, wood-based material, synthetic material or the like. The apparatus can include a pressing device for pressing a coating material onto a surface of the workpiece to be coated, a conveying device for inducing a relative movement between the workp...