ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,855, issued on March 3, was assigned to P. BEKKERS HOLDING B.V. (Ouddorp, Netherlands).

"High pressure nozzle" was invented by Marinus Jan Slingerland (Oud-Beijerland, Netherlands) and Dingenus Van Der Wielen (Oud-Beijerland, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high pressure nozzle, including a longitudinal housing, with an internal channel therein, a nozzle head support shaft, which is rotatably arranged partially in the internal channel, a rotary nozzle head, which is attached to the nozzle head support shaft and arranged outside the housing, and an axial bearing seat, which is located within the housing and which comprise...