ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,194, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to FUJI OIL Co. LTD. (Izumisano, Japan).
"Melting device, melting method, and double pipe" was invented by Akira Tsujimoto (Izumisano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a melting device for discharging a melt of a substance to the inside of a tank to melt the substance stored in the tank, the melting device being capable of discharging a desired amount of the melt into the tank, while reducing the diameter of a discharge pipe that discharges the melt of the substance. The melting device 1 of the present invention comprises a suction pipe 2 and a discharge pipe 3 that are attached to...