US Patent Issued to NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS on March 24 for "Glass film production method, glass roll production method, and glass film production device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,781, issued on March 24, was assigned to NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS Co. LTD. (Shiga, Japan).

"Glass film production method, glass roll production method, and glass film production device" was invented by Naohiro Ikai (Shiga, Japan) and Kenichi Murata (Shiga, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manufacturing method for a glass film includes at least a cutting step of cutting a strip-shaped glass film while conveying the glass film in a predetermined direction by a conveying device. In the cutting step, the glass film is cut in predetermined cutting zones by irradiating the glass film with laser beams. A support conveyance surface of th...