ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,252, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to TAIHEIYO CEMENT Corp. (Tokyo).
"Cement kiln burner and method for operating same" was invented by Yuya Sano (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cement kiln burner includes a plurality of columnar or cylindrical flow channels. Outlets of the respective flow channels are disposed on substantially the same plane. A wind velocity adjusting member capable of changing a cross-sectional area at an outlet-side tip-end portion of the flow channel by moving along an axial direction of the flow channel in a state of being in contact with any one of an inner peripheral wall and an outer peripheral wall...