US Patent Issued to Pilkington Group on March 31 for "Vacuum cup and a method of processing a thin glass sheet" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,953, issued on March 31, was assigned to Pilkington Group Ltd. (Nr. Ormskirk, Great Britain).

"Vacuum cup and a method of processing a thin glass sheet" was invented by Gustavo Benedetto (Montenero di Bisaccia, Italy) and Nicola Ronzitti (Montenero di Bisaccia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum cup is described comprising a body portion having an elongate cavity and a contact surface for contacting a glass sheet to form a chamber with the elongate cavity and the glass sheet. An opening in the body portion is in fluid communication with the elongate cavity for connection to a low-pressure source so that the contact surfac...