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US 2014/0109618 A1Published application
Machine for the production of hollow glass
AssigneeBottero S.p.A.
InventorsZdenko KUZ, Maurizio BAROLO
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AssigneeBottero S.p.A.
InventorsZdenko KUZ, Maurizio BAROLO
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The present invention relates to a system for aligning and positioning a male mechanism—pneumatic or servo-electric—to be used at the blank station side of a section of a hollow glass forming machine. The system comprises a mechanism, comprising at least one plunger or a driving unit driven by a servomotor, a guide flange composed of an internal flange for retaining the mechanism in position, and an external flange. The system further comprises a base plate for supporting the mechanism. The plate is mounted on at least one guide bar, rigidly fixed to the resting face of the external flange and intended to allow the base plate to slide along a sliding direction substantially orthogonal to the plane wherein the external flange lies. The base plate rests on a height adjustment group, suspended to said upper plane and intended to move the plate along the guide.
System for supporting and adjusting the height of a male mechanism in a section of a hollow glass forming machine, comprising:
System according to one or more of the preceding claims, wherein the height adjustment group comprises an adjustment screw and a motor coupled to said adjustment screw for controlling the position of the screw, and wherein the base plate rests on the head of the screw.
Method for positioning at least one driving unit of a plunger in a machine for the production of hollow glass, the machine comprising an housing with an upper plane that has an opening in correspondence of the blank molds, an external flange centrally hollow and fixable on said upper plane at said opening, an internal flange fixable to the external flange and intended to retain in position a male mechanism comprising at least one plunger, and a base plate for supporting a driving unit of said at least one plunger, the method further comprising the steps of:
Method according to any claimsl3 to 17, wherein before fixing the internal flange, the method provides to insert through the external flange an upper cylinder by resting it on one or more driving units, said external cylinder comprising an housing in which a number of cavities are defined equal to the number of driving units, each of said cavities being a sliding seat for a respective plunger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.