US Patent Issued to GLASSFLAKE on July 29 for "Heating element, a system and method for melting materials using said heating element" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,301, issued on July 29, was assigned to GLASSFLAKE LTD (Great Britain).

"Heating element, a system and method for melting materials using said heating element" was invented by Charles Watkinson (Leeds, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating element for use in a system for melting materials during the production of a glass or ceramic material may include a first coupling member which may couple to a first side of the interior of a melt tank; a second coupling member which may couple to a second side of the interior of the melt tank; and at least one elongate strip extending between the first coupling member and the sec...