US Patent Issued to TIAMA on Nov. 4 for "Device and method for measuring kinematic characteristics of the free fall of a glass parison in an apparatus for moulding glass items, and method for controlling such an apparatus" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,849, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to TIAMA (Saint-Genis-Laval, France).

"Device and method for measuring kinematic characteristics of the free fall of a glass parison in an apparatus for moulding glass items, and method for controlling such an apparatus" was invented by Marc Leconte (Loire sur Rhone, France) and Michel Ollivier (Acigne, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device and a method for measuring the kinematic characteristics of free fall of a glass gob with four distinct linear cameras each having an observed linear field intercepting the theoretical free fall path, respectively at a first high...