Apparatus for molding glass objects with tongs and spades

In apparatus for manufacturing glass objects comprising a pair of chill-mould halves each including a mould recess, means for moving said mould halves toward and away from each other whereby the mould halves are movable together with their mould recesses in registration with each other to form a mould cavity with an upright axis at a predetermined mould position, tongs including jaws sized and shaped to fit into the mould cavity and to form the lower portion of the mould cavity, whereby a gob of molten glass is placed in the mould cavity and the mould halves are moved away from each other to leave a parison supported by the jaws of said tongs at the mould position, the improvement therein of two spades movable toward and away from said mould position on opposite sides of the upright axis, and means for moving said spades first in position on opposite sides of the parison supported by said jaws and then into contact with the parision, then out of contact with the parison and finally away from positions on opposite sides of the parison.