ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,627, issued on July 21, was assigned to CAIHONG DISPLAY DEVICES Co. LTD. (Xianyang, China).

"Preparation devices for medium borosilicate medicinal glass tubes and methods thereof" was invented by Lingxin Kong (Xianyang, China), Lihua Xu (Xianyang, China) and Longjiang Zhao (Xianyang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a preparation device and a preparation method for a medium borosilicate medicinal glass tube. The preparation device includes a melting system, a forming system and a cutting system. The forming system includes a muffle furnace and a shaping furnace. In an annular seam between a feeder and a guide pipe in...