ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,811, issued on June 2, was assigned to Pilkington Group Ltd. (Nr. Ormskirk, Great Britain).
"Method for shaping coated glass sheets" was invented by Neil Winstanley (St Helens, Great Britain), Andrew Thomas Stanley (Ormskirk, Great Britain) and Josef Banas (Sandomeirz, Poland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for shaping a coated glass sheet involves conveying the coated glass sheet through a furnace to heat the coated glass sheet to a temperature suitable for shaping. The coated glass sheet is then deposited on a first bending tool for supporting the coated glass sheet and is at a first position relative to the first bending to...