US Patent Issued to CORNING on June 24 for "Methods and apparatus for manufacturing a glass ribbon" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,157, issued on June 24, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Methods and apparatus for manufacturing a glass ribbon" was invented by Richard Nicholas Bomba (Corning, N.Y.) and James Paul Peris (Horseheads, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass manufacturing apparatus includes a delivery apparatus defining a travel path extending in a travel direction. The delivery apparatus conveys a glass ribbon along the travel path in the travel direction of the delivery apparatus. The glass manufacturing apparatus includes a first forming roll and a second forming roll spaced apart from the first forming roll to define a gap. The ...