ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,017, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Toyo Seikan Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Discharge apparatus and unmanned aerial vehicle" was invented by Atsushi Kominami (Kanagawa, Japan) and Souji Araki (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A discharge apparatus for discharging contents in an aerosol container, comprising, a first flow channel connected to an aerosol container; a second flow channel connected to the first flow channel; a support configured to support at least a part of the second flow channel; and a change unit configured to change a shape of the second flow channel, wherein the support changes a support position of the ...