Hood tilt mechanism for glass processing

A glass forming assembly for forming complex shaped glass, the assembly comprising:

• a cold ring;
• a cooling shuttle;
• and
• a hood assembly having a hood lift superstructure movable horizontally back and forth over the cold ring and the cooling shuttle and movable vertically relative to the cold ring and the cooling shuttle, a hood frame supported by the hood lift superstructure by a hood tilt mechanism, and with the hood tilt mechanism including an air cylinder assembly actuable to tilt the hood frame relative to the hood lift superstructure.

A glass forming assembly for forming complex shaped glass, the assembly comprising:

• a cold ring;
• a cooling shuttle;
• a hood assembly having a hood lift superstructure movable horizontally back and forth over the cold ring and the cooling shuttle and movable vertically relative to the cold ring and the cooling shuttle, a hood frame supported by the hood lift superstructure by a hood tilt mechanism, and with the hood tilt mechanism including an air cylinder assembly actuable to tilt the hood frame relative to the hood lift superstructure;
• a vacuum mold;
• a cold ring shuttle upon which the cold ring is mounted, with the cold ring shuttle actuable to move the cold ring into and out of the vacuum mold;
• and
• a non-articulating hot ring;
• and a hot ring shuttle upon which the hot ring is mounted, with the hot ring shuttle actuable to move the non-articulating hot ring into and out of the vacuum mold.