ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,595, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to HACH COMPANY (Loveland, Colo.).

"Omni-stream nozzle" was invented by Nelson E. Dervaes (Fort Collins, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment provides a nozzle, including: a conical-shaped portion having a first end and a second end substantially opposite the first end, wherein the first end has a smaller diameter than the second end; the first end having an attachment to hold the nozzle in a flow of fluid from an inlet, wherein the nozzle is positioned with the first end facing an inflow of a fluid and the second end facing a chamber; and the conical-shaped portion configured to dir...