ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,613, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).
"Apparatus for forming a glass ribbon" was invented by Antoine Gaston Denis Bisson (Painted Post, N.Y.), Philippe Dardart (Beaumont du Gatinais, France), Bruno Le Gallic (Fontainebleau, France) and Xavier Tellier (Cheroy, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, apparatus and methods for forming a glass ribbon can comprise a support member to move a draw stack along a support surface. In some embodiments, a housing can define an exterior area positioned outside of the wall of the draw stack and between the downstream portion of the draw stack and ...