ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,898, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).
"Apparatus and method for processing a glass substrate" was invented by Olivier Fournel (Yerres, France) and Allan Mark Fredholm (Vulaines sur Seine, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are apparatuses and methods for non-contact processing a substrate, for example a glass substrate, overtop a gas layer. The support apparatus includes a plurality of gas bearings positioned on a pressure box supplied with a pressurized gas. Some embodiments are directed to a method of supporting and transporting softened glass. The method includes placing the glass in ...