ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,157, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVER (Courbevoie, France).
"Device for modifying the temperature of a fibre-forming plate" was invented by Ezzeddine Ouerghemmi (Antony, France), Hans Michael Lieberknecht (Margny les Compiegne, France) and Jean-Dominique Depuille (Agnetz, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fibre forming device for fabricating mineral fibres, includes a fibre forming spinner wheel pierced to enable centrifugal fabrication of the fibres, the fibre forming device including at least one annular burner producing an annular gas flow to stretch the fibres and an evacuation system for evacuating ...