US Patent Issued to Owens-Brockway Glass Container on April 7 for "Molten glass transport system" (Ohio, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,200, issued on April 7, was assigned to Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. (Perrysburg, Ohio).

"Molten glass transport system" was invented by Robin L. Flynn (Waterville, Ohio), Stephen Graff (Maumee, Ohio), Jason Pickles (Adrian, Mich.) and Thomas Kirkman (Perrysburg, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass manufacturing system for charging a glass blank mold is disclosed. The glass manufacturing system, in accordance with one aspect of the disclosure, comprises a glass forming sub-system, including a blank mold having a blank mold loading axis; and a molten glass handling sub-system. The molten glass handling sub-system includ...