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US 4,508,557 AGranted
Dead plate arrangement of a glassware forming machine
AssigneeEmhart Industries, Inc.
InventorFrank A. Fenton
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Abstract
The arrangement comprises a perforated dead plate above which a newly-moulded glassware article can be supported for cooling. Cooling means sucks air downwards through the dead plate so that the air flows past the article cooling it. The cooling means may comprise an air mover whose input end abuts the underside of the dead plate. A shroud may be provided which surrounds the article to force the air to flow downwards past the article.
Claims11
A dead-plate arrangement for receiving a newly-molded glassware article in a glassware forming machine, cooling the article, and transferring the article to an exit assembly, comprising:
- a dead-plate having a plurality of apertures;
- a cooling assembly for drawing air downwardly through the apertures of said dead-plate;
- an air-impervious shroud mounted relative to said dead-plate to move between operative and out-of-the-way positions, wherein in its operative position said shroud substantially surrounds the entire sidewall of the article while the latter is supported over the dead-plate, whereby air flows downwardly past the article's exterior walls through the dead-plate apertures;
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- means for subsequently transferring the article to an exit assembly while the shroud is in its out-of-the-way position.
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