ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,309, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to NOWE GMBH (Elze, Germany).

"Discharge nozzle for discharging grit or lubricant" was invented by Alexander Reich (Elze, Germany) and Adrien Perrier (Elze, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention pertains to a discharge nozzle for discharging grit or lubricant into the gap between a rail and a track wheel of a rail vehicle, with the discharge nozzle comprising a base body with at least one connection for being connected to a conveyor line for the grit or lubricant and an outlet that is connected to the connection via a channel. In order to achieve an efficient and purposeful discharg...