ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,938, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to KHD Humboldt Wedag GmbH (Cologne, Germany).
"Raw meal delivery device" was invented by Matthias Mersmann (Stolberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A raw meal delivery device for delivering raw meal into a gas line or a reactor of a system for producing cement clinker, having a connection line for connecting a raw meal line to the gas line or the reactor, an oblique raw meal chute arranged inside the connection line and via which raw meal passes from the raw meal line into the gas line or to the reactor, a baffle slide arranged at the foot of the raw meal chute and protruding into the path...