ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,792, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Nozzle arrangement for applying fluids, and method for producing a main body of such a nozzle arrangement" was invented by Andreas Pahl (Erkrath, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nozzle arrangement for applying fluids to a substrate has a main body which is able to be connected to a mounting region of a distributor and which has an end-side side surface. At least one first outlet nozzle for the fluid to be applied to the substrate is provided in or on the end-side side surface of the main body. A first fluid channel system is formed in the mai...