US Patent Issued to CORNING on Aug. 12 for "Methods and apparatus for manufacturing a glass ribbon" (New York, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,711, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Methods and apparatus for manufacturing a glass ribbon" was invented by Rashid Abdul-Rahman (Horseheads, N.Y.), Bulent Kocatulum (Horseheads, N.Y.), Timothy L Lansberry (Watkins Glen, N.Y.) and Bradley Clayton O'Connor (Rome, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass manufacturing apparatus includes a forming vessel including a first end and a second end. The first end includes a vessel surface defining a recess. The glass manufacturing apparatus includes a compression block positioned within the recess and including a first surface and a contact surface that con...