ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,138, issued on May 13, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).
"Modular molten glass delivery apparatus" was invented by Gilbert De Angelis (Lindley, N.Y.) and Juan Camilo Isaza (Corning, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are modular molten glass delivery apparatuses and glass manufacturing apparatuses including the same. A module of a modular molten glass delivery apparatus includes a lower carriage comprising a plurality of lower carriage rollers. An upper rail system is supported on the lower carriage. The upper rail system includes upper support rails oriented at an elevation angle Alpha greater than 0 de...