US Patent Issued to SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D-ETUDES EUROPEEN on June 30 for "Method for repairing a tank in a glass melting furnace" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,289, issued on June 30, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D-ETUDES EUROPEEN (Courbevoie, France).

"Method for repairing a tank in a glass melting furnace" was invented by Cyril Linnot (Lyons, France), Thierry Claude Consales (Pernes les Fontains, France) and Thibault Champion (Villelaure, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for repairing, in a hot state, a region of a tank in a glass furnace, referred to as the "region to be repaired", by means of a repair product (P), the method involving the following steps, at a temperature greater than 300deg C.: a) defining a receiving space...