US Patent Issued to Owens-Brockway Glass Container on March 18 for "Feeder alcove and batch feeding apparats for a melter" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,434, issued on March 18, was assigned to Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. (Perrysburg, Ohio).

"Feeder alcove and batch feeding apparats for a melter" was invented by Karin Gabriela Bastarrachea (Perrysburg, Ohio), Shane T. Rashley (Bowling Green, Ohio) and Philip J. Rausch (Perrysburg, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A batch feeding apparatus, a submerged combustion melter, and method are disclosed. The batch feeding apparatus can include a batch feeding apparatus comprising a detachable feeder alcove for providing batch material to a melter, the feeder alcove including at least one side wall and a cover; and a batch feeder s...