US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Nov. 4 for "Fire-suppressing paper dispensing systems and methods" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,820, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Fire-suppressing paper dispensing systems and methods" was invented by Darren Carl McIntosh (Mukilteo, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A paper dispensing system and method include one or more housings defining an internal chamber configured to retain a roll of wound paper. The one or more housings includes internal surfaces, and an opening through which an edge of the wound paper is dispensable. An intumescent material is coupled to the one or more housings. The intumescent material is configured to expand to fill and close open areas including the opening w...