ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,811, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Henan Longcheng Coal High Efficiency Technology Application Co. Ltd. (China).

"Sealing structure of horizontal rotary pyrolysis kiln" was invented by Shucheng Zhu (Nanyang, China), Jinfeng Li (Nanyang, China), Bo Zhao (Nanyang, China), Yongxing Wang (Nanyang, China) and Xibin Wang (Nanyang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a sealing structure for a horizontal rotary pyrolysis kiln. A movable heat-insulation sealing ring is disposed such that a heat-insulation cavity is formed between the movable heat-insulation sealing ring and a flexible sealing mechanism. The heat-insulation c...