ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,766, issued on April 8, was assigned to PILKINGTON AUTOMOTIVE POLAND Sp. z o.o. (Sandomierz, Poland).
"Glass shaping apparatus" was invented by Lukasz Myl (Sandomierz, Poland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for shaping a glass sheet having a reflective low emissivity coating thereon comprising the steps: (i) positioning the coated glass sheet at a furnace entrance; (ii) conveying the coated glass sheet through the furnace to heat the glass sheet to a temperature suitable for shaping; (iii) transferring the coated glass sheet on to a first bending tool for supporting the coated glass sheet, the first b...