ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,849, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to General Electric Technology GMBH (Baden, Switzerland).

"Nozzle tip for a solid fuel burner" was invented by Kevin Grzebien (Schenectady, N.Y.), John Childs Lewis (Schenectady, N.Y.) and Kenneth Richard Smyth (Schenectady, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nozzle tip for a pulverized solid fuel pipe nozzle of a pulverized solid fuel-fired furnace is provided. The nozzle tip includes an inner nozzle portion and an outer nozzle portion that receives therein the inner nozzle portion. The outer nozzle portion has a lower supporting surface that is configured to support a lower surface of the inn...