ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,577, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Guangzhou, China).

"Steam utilization system of factory producing concrete pipe pile" was invented by Xiaozhou Liu (Guangzhou, China), Jian Wen (Guangzhou, China), Zudong Xie (Guangzhou, China) and Zelong Wen (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steam utilization system for producing a concrete pipe pile includes a steam conveying device, a steam curing pool, a plurality of reaction vessels, a steam generating device, a first steam distributor, a first pressure booster, a second pressure booster and a blowdown flash tank. A high-pressure steam inl...