US Patent Issued to Emhart Glass on May 6 for "Glass forming machine comprising a swabbing device and method" (Swedish, Colombian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,478, issued on May 6, was assigned to Emhart Glass SA (Switzerland).

"Glass forming machine comprising a swabbing device and method" was invented by Erik Joakim Wallgren (Sundsvall, Sweden), Martin Gronblad (Sundsvall, Sweden) and Carlos David Bermudez (Medellin, Colombia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass forming machine, a method for lubricating a baffle and a swabbing device for a glass forming machine is disclosed. The glass forming machine comprises a blank station with a blank mould for forming a parison from a gob of molten glass inside the blank mould. The glass forming machine further comprises a baffle for closing the b...