Angled Blank Glass Feed Apparatus, System, and Method
AssigneeOwens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
InventorsKaren Kerr, Robin L. Flynn
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Abstract
A glass blank feeding apparatus, system, and method for feeding a glass gob to an angled blank mold are disclosed. The glass blank feeding apparatus includes at least one scoop configured to receive a glass gob along a vertical axis from a gob feeder and a blank mold aligned along a longitudinal axis at a non-zero angle from the vertical axis, where the blank mold is configured to receive the glass gob directly from the at least one scoop along the longitudinal axis.
Claims18
An angled glass blank feeding apparatus, comprising:
- at least one scoop configured to receive a glass gob along a vertical axis from a gob feeder;
- and
- a blank mold aligned along a longitudinal axis at a non-zero angle from the vertical axis, where the blank mold is configured to receive the glass gob directly from the at least one scoop along the longitudinal axis.
A system, comprising:
- a gob feeder;
- and
- an angled glass blank feeding apparatus including
- at least one scoop configured to receive a glass gob along a vertical axis from the gob feeder;
- and
- at least one blank mold aligned along a longitudinal axis at a non-zero angle from the vertical axis, where the at least one blank mold is configured to receive the glass gob directly from the at least one scoop along the longitudinal axis and is carried by an upper rotary table, and where the blank mold is configured to form the glass gob into a parison.
A method for feeding a glass gob to an angled blank mold, comprising:
- dispensing a glass gob along a vertical axis from a gob feeder to a scoop, where the glass gob is directed, using the scoop, along a longitudinal axis to a blank mold carried by an upper table, where the longitudinal axis is at a non-zero angle from the vertical axis, and where the blank mold is aligned along the longitudinal axis;
- and
- forming the glass gob into a parison using the blank mold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.