ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,808, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Automatic spraying mechanism for cleaning air inlet louvers of cooling towers" was invented by Kal M. Smiley (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Farooq N. Jwesm (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Abdullah A. Fuwaires (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Turki A. Zahrani (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a spray head comprising a spray head inlet for hydraulic connection of a cleaning fluid, a spray head outlet for directing the cleaning fluid at a planar surface of a louver, and a movable mount for positioning the spray head proximate th...