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US 12,084,372 B2Granted
Forming glass containers from tubular parisons
AssigneeOwens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
InventorWalter Anderson
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Abstract
A glass container forming apparatus for forming a glass parison is disclosed. The glass container forming apparatus includes a feeder spout having a heated orifice ring, a plunger carried in the feeder spout and having a blow conduit therethrough, and die rollers immediately downstream of the heated orifice ring, with no chutes, scoops, or other gob handling devices therebetween. A glass container forming system that includes a glass feeder and a glass container forming apparatus is also disclosed.
Claims10
A glass container forming apparatus, comprising:
- a feeder spout including a heated orifice ring;
- a plunger carried in the feeder spout and including a blow conduit therethrough;
- and
- die rollers immediately downstream of the heated orifice ring, with no chutes, scoops, or other gob handling devices therebetween, wherein the die rollers include polyhedrons carrying at least one cavity on each face for forming glass containers from a continuous tube of molten glass, wherein the die rollers are configured to form a continuous string of glass containers with each of the glass containers having at least one open end.
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A glass container forming system, comprising:
- a glass feeder;
- and
- glass container forming apparatus configured to receive molten glass from the glass feeder, the glass container forming apparatus including
- a feeder spout including a heated orifice ring;
- a plunger carried in the feeder spout and including a blow conduit therethrough;
- and
- die rollers immediately downstream of the heated orifice ring, with no chutes, scoops, or other gob handling devices therebetween, wherein the die rollers include polyhedrons carrying at least one cavity on each face for forming glass containers from a continuous tube of molten glass, wherein the die rollers are configured to form a continuous string of glass containers with each of the glass containers having at least one open end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.