ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,321, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Luoyang North Glass Technology Co. Ltd. (Luoyang, China).

"Apparatus and method for eliminating stress spots on a surface of glass" was invented by Leijun Zhao (Henan, China), Yanwei Bai (Henan, China) and Ning Liu (Henan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed in the present invention is an apparatus for eliminating stress spots on a surface of glass, comprising a conveying assembly, provided with a conveying surface for reciprocally conveying the glass along a conveying direction; an upper air-blowing assembly, provided above the conveying surface, used for guiding air to reciprocally...