ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,229, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. (Perrysburg, Ohio).
"Orifice ring incorporating a MAX phase material" was invented by Jonathan Grant (Shreveport, La.) and Ya-Cheng Lin (Santa Monica, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orifice ring for use in a glass feeder that produces one or more molten glass runners may include a main body having a first side and an opposed second side and further defining one or more discharge orifices. The first side of the main body has a glass-contacting surface surrounding the one or more discharge orifices, and at least a portion of the glass-contacting surface...