ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,496, issued on July 15, was assigned to FOREL S.P.A. (Roncade, Italy).
"Method and device for manufacturing and applying a rigid spacer frame to an insulating glass" was invented by Fortunato Vianello (Roncade, Italy) and Riccardo Vianello (Roncade, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention deals with integrating methods for manufacturing and applying a spacer frame to a glass plate, particularly in the circumstance of increased sizes thereof, of the rigid type, i.e. which profiles essentially are formed by a hollow body having cross section close to the rectangular, micro-perforated in the wall facing the chamber of...