ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,378, issued on May 26, was assigned to Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. (Perrysburg, Ohio).
"Glass batch inlet and cleaning device" was invented by Robert Kuhlman (Dundee, Mich.) and Shane Rashley (Bowling Green, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass batch inlet and cleaning device includes an outer tubular housing including a side inlet and an inner tubular chopper slidable within the outer tubular housing. The device also includes a cover on the outer tubular housing and an actuator carried by the cover and coupled to the inner tubular chopper to move the chopper with respect to the outer tubular housing. The actuator may b...