US Patent Issued to Owens-Brockway Glass Container on Dec. 16 for "Cast cullet-based layer on wall panel for a melter" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,316, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. (Perrysburg, Ohio).

"Cast cullet-based layer on wall panel for a melter" was invented by Shane Rashley (Bowling Green, Ohio) and Brian Coburn (Toledo, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A furnace panel for a melting furnace and a method for fabricating the furnace panel are disclosed. In particular, the furnace panel can include at least one outer wall having an inner surface; and a cast sacrificial layer carried by the inner surface of the at least one outer wall and composed of a mixture of cullet and a binder solution."

The patent was filed on Aug. 14, 2...