ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,385, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. (Perrysburg, Ohio).
"Glass blank mold and related methods" was invented by Peter Severson (Monclova, Ohio) and Daniel Newsom (Waterville, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass container blank mold includes a mold portion having a neck end, an opposite baffle end, and a molding surface located between the ends that partly defines the shape of an exterior surface of a glass parison formed in the mold. Axial cooling channels formed within the mold portion extend axially alongside the molding surface and radially outboard of the molding surface. Heat block ...