ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,192, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to AGC Inc. (Tokyo).
"Forming apparatus" was invented by Masanori Nakano (Tokyo), Motoichi Iga (Tokyo), Kohta Okamoto (Tokyo) and Hiroki Ishibashi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A forming apparatus for forming a glass ribbon is provided. The forming apparatus has an axial direction extending from a first end to a second end thereof. The first end is located on an inlet side from which molten glass is supplied. The forming apparatus includes a first protruding portion and a second protruding portion that are disposed at a top thereof and extend from the first end to the second end. A channel i...