US Patent Issued to Messer Industries USA on Sept. 30 for "Burner with a moveable air flow diverter" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,215, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Messer Industries USA Inc. (Delaware, Germany).

"Burner with a moveable air flow diverter" was invented by Andrew Richardson (Clinton, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A burner includes an oxidant feed passage, a fuel feed passage surrounding the oxidant feed passage, an air feed surrounding the fuel feed passage, a movable air flow diverter and, optionally, a flame nozzle. The movable air flow diverter and/or flame nozzle are independently configured to create one or a plurality of gas recirculation regions adjacent the downstream tip of the burner to improve the mixing and reaction of th...