ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,230, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. (Perrysburg, Ohio).
"Molten glass transporter" was invented by Thomas Kirkman (Perrysburg, Ohio), Stephen M. Graff (Maumee, Ohio), Karl Johnston (Perrysburg, Ohio), Jason Pickles (Adrian, Mich.), Charles Obee (Monclova, Ohio) and Brian Brozell (Maumee, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A molten glass transporter includes a carriage frame including upper and lower sides, and a transport cup carried by the carriage frame and including a conduit including an inlet disposed at the upper side of the carriage frame, and an endcap disposed at the lower side of the c...