ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,530, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. (Perrysburg, Ohio).
"Molten glass gob delivery guide" was invented by Karl Johnston (Perrysburg, Ohio) and Peter Severson (Monclova, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A molten glass gob delivery guide is disclosed that includes a chute having an upstream end, a downstream end, a rear surface, and a front surface. The chute is comprised of a gas permeable material and is able to accommodate the permeable flow of a permeating gas from the rear surface to the front surface of the chute. When a molten glass gob is conveyed along the chute over the front surface...