ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,556, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).
"Shuttle kiln exhaust configuration" was invented by Peng Chen (Pittsburgh), Pravin Anant Rajeshirke (Pune, India), Mayur Vitthal Selokar (Pune, India) and Michael James Vayansky (Elkland, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shuttle kiln (100) according to certain aspects includes at least one flue channel (124) and multiple flue risers (122) in fluid communication with the flue channel (124), and at least one shuttle (104) defining multiple exhaust shafts (140) arranged above the multiple flue risers (122), wherein an aggregate volume of a first exhaust shaft/ris...