ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,520, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to DANIELI & C. OFFICINE MECCANICHE S.P.A. (Buttrio, Italy) and DANIELI CENTRO COMBUSTION S.P.A. (Cinisello Balsamo, Italy).

"Apparatus for heating steel products" was invented by Enrico Mozzi (Genoa, Italy), Corrado Ferrari (Genoa, Italy) and Andrea Biliotti (Genoa, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for the thermal heating of steel products that includes inside it a path for feeding the steel items which extends between an entry end and an exit end of the steel items, a mechanism for feeding a fuel, and a mechanism for feeding a comburent including oxygen, and burners able to oper...