ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,857, issued on March 24, was assigned to ETAT FRANCAIS/BRIGADE DE SAPEURS POMPIERS DE PARIS (Paris).

"Device for generating a jet of two-phase fluid" was invented by Fabian Testa (Courbevoie, France) and Thomas Issler (Verin, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for generating a jet of two-phase fluid, comprising a nozzle having a main duct that is fed with a pressurized gaseous fluid and opens into a mixing chamber, and at least one secondary duct that is fed by at least one pressurized fluid and opens into the mixing chamber in a direction forming a non-zero angle with the axis of the main duct. The mixing chamber has a ...