Device for feeding automatic continuous process (kinematic) machines for the manufacture of glass objects

A device for feeding machines for the manufacture of glass objects and comprising a single rotary feeder supported for rotation about a predetermined axis, said feeder having a single recess for receiving molten glass, a fixed feeder juxtaposed above said recess for distributing glass thereto, said rotary feeder supporting a plurality of glass pushing pistons whose axes are parallel to said predetermined axis, said rotary feeder recess being provided with a plurality of piston receiving openings coaxial with the pistons and arranged in spaced relation about the periphery of the recess each to accept a volume of glass to be pushed therefrom by a related piston, a fixed cam and cooperating means on the pistons for reciprocating the pistons during rotation of the rotary feeder, and a plurality of receiving spouts positioned beneath said piston receiving openings for receiving molten glass delivered by the reciprocating pistons, the cam imparting an advance stroke to each piston which causes the piston to penetrate into a piston receiving opening to force a volume of glass through and out of the piston receiving opening into the receiving spout therebeneath, and the cam imparting a reverse stroke displacing each piston above the related piston receiving opening to allow molten glass to flow from the recess into a piston receiving opening.