ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,252, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to KAWATA MFG. Co. LTD. (Japan).

"Powder coating device and coating method, powder dispersion device, and powder dispersion method" 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 1 comprises a dispersing/mixing part 2, a conveying part 3, and a collecting part 4. A raw material powder and a coating solution are supplied to the dispersing/mixing part 4 as a slurry. In the dispersing/mixing part 2, the slurry (mixture) in which the raw powder and the coating solution have been mix...