Patents – Glaston

Virtual Patent Marking Notice

Virtual Patent Marking Notice by Glaston Corporation and its affiliates (hereinafter “Glaston”). The following products are protected by patents in the U.S. and elsewhere for Glaston. This website is provided to satisfy the virtual patent marking provisions of various jurisdictions including the virtual patent marking provisions of the America Invents Act and provide notice under 35 U.S.C. §287(a). The following list of products and patents may not be all inclusive. For example, some products listed here may be covered by patents in the United States and elsewhere that are not listed, and other products not listed here may be protected by one or more patents in the United States and elsewhere. The following list of products may be covered by one or more of the following U.S. Patents and international Patents:

Glass heat treatment - Glass tempering lines:

Product	Patent
FC furnace type 1	US8479540, US8618442, EP2433912, CN102557415, FI124601
FC furnace type 2	US8618442, EP2433912, CN102557415, FI124601
FC furnace type 3	US8479540, US8618442, EP2433912, CN102557415, FI124601, US11852413, TWI850351, FI128655
FC furnace type 4	US8479540, US8618442, EP2433912, CN102557415, FI124601, EP3994103, FI129544, TWI838551
FC furnace type 5	US8479540, US8618442, EP2433912, CN102557415, FI124601, US11852413, TWI850351, FI128655, EP3994103, FI129544, TWI838551
FC E furnace type 1	US8479540, patent pending
Vortex Pro	US8322162, EP1737800
Glaston Air	US9617181, EP3109207
Edge control	US11584676, EP3645473, CN110730764, FI128669, FI128064
Quench 1	US10519058, EP3023394, CN105621874, EP3023395, FI127879, US10370282, EP3246295, JP6903489, TWI749009
Quench 2	EP3922611, FI129685

Glass heat treatment - Glass lamination lines:

Product	Patent
Convection control	US11938702, US12049063, EP3967489, FI129491
Initial temperature compensation	US11485128, FI129665

Insulating Glass Manufacturing – Single Machines:

Product	Patent
UNIT’ASSEMBLER Type ZPG R	US8632648, EP1907661, CN101223330, US7807003
UNIT’ASSEMBLER Type ZPG V … SYN	EP2422033, CN102959172 EP2534327, US9790733, JP5833572, CN103109031 EP2791448, US10358863, JP6139557, KR102100153, CN103987910
UNIT’ASSEMBLER Type ZPG R … SL	EP3133234, CN106467366
FRAME’APPLICATOR Type ESA	EP1839789, EP2565357
SPEED’SEALER Type VAS	US9079335, EP2440379, CN102458785, EP2390454
TPS’APPLICATOR Type TPS	DE102024120653 (patent pending)
Drum Pump Type FPH	US2023405633 (patent pending), EP23179905 (patent pending), CN117263530 (patent pending), CA3200613 (patent pending), JP2024000533 (patent pending), KR20230174176 (patent pending)
SPACER’FILLER Type FST AT	DE102008028010
MUNTIN’MASTER Type SPA AT	DE102023131970 (patent pending)

Insulating Glass Manufacturing – Production Lines:

Product	Patent
Thin Triple TPS® Method with the following machine sequence TPS’APPLICATOR Type TPS UNIT’ASSEMBLER Type ZPG-R GLASS’TURNER Type DR UNIT’ASSEMBLER Type ZPG-R	DE102023126130
Thin Quadruple TPS® Configuration with the following machine sequence TPS’APPLICATOR Type TPS UNIT’ASSEMBLER Type ZPG-R GLASS’TURNER Type DR TPS’APPLICATOR Type TPS UNIT’ASSEMBLER Type ZPG-R	DE102024114620 (patent pending)