ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,355, issued on May 13, was assigned to Puffe Engineering GmbH (Sankt Augustin, Germany).
"Dispenser" was invented by Wolfgang Puffe (Sankt Augustin, Germany) and Marcel Puffe (Sankt Augustin, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispenser for applying a viscous material, in particular hot melt adhesive, to a substrate, includes: a base body, and a plurality of dispensing modules arranged side by side in series along a lateral axis of the dispenser and attached to the base body. The dispensing modules each have at least one recess which, together with a recess of an adjacent dispensing module, forms a fastening aperture. In each o...