US Patent Issued to BENNINGHOVEN ZWEIGNIEDERLASSUNG DER WIRTGEN MINERAL TECHNOLOGIES on March 31 for "Distribution ring for fuel in a burner, burner having such a distribution ring and drying drum having such a burner" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,697, issued on March 31, was assigned to BENNINGHOVEN ZWEIGNIEDERLASSUNG DER WIRTGEN MINERAL TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (Wittlich, Germany).

"Distribution ring for fuel in a burner, burner having such a distribution ring and drying drum having such a burner" was invented by Steven MacNelly (Buchel, Germany), Dietmar Zimmer (Longkamp, Germany) and Torsten Martini (Morbach-Gutenthal, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distribution ring for fuel in a burner (7) includes a hollow body (21) which is configured to be annular with respect to a longitudinal axis (22), a feed spigot (23) which is connected to the hollow body (21) and is intende...