ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,191, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. (Perrysburg, Ohio).
"Cullet and cullet water handling system" was invented by Philip J. Rausch (Perrysburg, Ohio), John Holmes-Libbis (Perrysburg, Ohio), Joseph Asmus (Bowling Green, Ohio) and Corey Beaber (Perrysburg, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glassware manufacturing system, waste handling system, and method are disclosed. The glassware manufacturing system, in accordance with one aspect of the disclosure, comprises an architectural installation having a forming floor and no basement beneath the forming floor; a glassware forming machine carried on...