ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,520, issued on April 7, was assigned to TATA STEEL IJMUIDEN B.V. (Velsen-Noord, Netherlands).
"Apparatus for the production of molten iron" was invented by Hendrikus Koenraad Albertus Meijer (Bergen, Netherlands) and Petrus Gerardus Jacobus Broersen (Lisse, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for the production of molten iron including a metallurgical vessel, having a surrounding wall, a cyclone part provided on top of a smelt reduction part, the cyclone part being in open connection with the smelt reduction part and having at least one supply apparatus around the circumference of the surrounding wall adjusted to int...