US Patent Issued to Owens-Brockway Glass Container on July 29 for "Submerged feedstock charging of melting vessels" (Ohio, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,361, issued on July 29, was assigned to Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. (Perrysburg, Ohio).

"Submerged feedstock charging of melting vessels" was invented by Kirk Holmes (Perrysburg, Ohio), Karin Gabriela Bastarrachea (Perrysburg, Ohio), David L. Duffy (Moorestown, N.J.), Roy J. Houck (Tuckertown, N.J.) and Victor A. Plumbo II (Ventnor City, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A melting furnace feedstock charger includes a charger conduit including an inlet to receive feedstock and an outlet at an outlet portion of the charger conduit to transmit feedstock, and an auger or other feedstock mover coupled to the charger conduit to c...