ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,317, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Vitro S.A.B. de C.V. (Nuevo Leon, Mexico).
"Rotolinear mechanism for glassware forming machines" was invented by Victor Tijerina Ramos (Monterrey, Mexico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a roto-linear mechanism for a glassware forming machine adapted to be connected to a funnel-holding arm, a shutter arm, an arm for a blowing head or a similar mechanism, to simultaneously perform an axial and radial movement to each of such arms from a first position to form glass articles to a second position outside the forming process thereof."
The patent was filed on May 20, ...