ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,496, issued on April 1, was assigned to NOVANTA TECHNOLOGIES UK Ltd. (Poole, Great Britain).
"Rotary atomisers" was invented by Christopher Beesley (Poole, Great Britain) and John Stratton (Poole, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary atomiser spindle arrangement includes a rotary atomiser spindle having a shaft and a bell cup releasably mounted on the shaft. The shaft and mounting portion of the bell cup include respective complimentary taper portions which form an interference fit with each other when the bell cup is mounted on the shaft so locating in the bell cup in relation to the shaft, wherein the rotary atomis...