ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,648, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to KAWATA MFG. Co. LTD. (Japan).

"Powder coating device and powder dispersion device" was invented by Chunxiao Zhang (Osaka, Japan), Keisuke Tominaga (Osaka, Japan) and Haruhisa Hirokawa (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This coating device comprises dispersing/mixing part, conveying part, and collecting part. A raw material powder and a coating solution are supplied to the dispersing/mixing part as a slurry. In the dispersing/mixing part, the slurry (mixture) of the raw powder and the coating solution is dispersed by air flow of a high-pressure fluid into a powder, a film of the coatin...