US Patent Issued to CORNING on Sept. 8 for "Glass molding apparatus including adjustable cooling nozzles and methods of using the same" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,147, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Glass molding apparatus including adjustable cooling nozzles and methods of using the same" was invented by Allan Mark Fredholm (Vulaines sur Seine, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A molding apparatus for forming a glass article comprises a mold shell comprising a cooling surface comprising at least a first zone and a second zone; an adjustable nozzle system comprising a mold-facing surface having a plurality of apertures sized to receive a nozzle or a plug; a plurality of nozzles, each coupled to one of the apertures to direct a stream of fluid onto the coo...