ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,713, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Air masking nozzle" was invented by Dragan Jurkovic (Taichung, Taiwan), Che-Sheng Chen (Huwei Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan) and Chien-Liang Yeh (Changhua, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nozzle dispenses a material, such as an adhesive, primer, paint, or other coating, through a dispensing port on to a substrate. The spray pattern provided by the nozzle defines, at least in part, an application pattern of the material on to the substrate. An air mask port integral with the nozzle or a separate nozzle expels a mask stream of pressurized gas. The mask stre...