Parison screening in a glassware forming machine
AssigneeEmhart Industries, Inc.
InventorDavid Braithwaite
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Abstract
A glassware forming machine having a blank station (A) at which a parison is formed, an intermediate station (B) at which the parison is allowed to reheat, and a blow station (C) at which the parison is formed into an article of glassware as a patter plate (12) at the intermediate station (B). The patter plate (12) is movable between an operative position in which it screens the underside of the parison from updraughts of air and an inoperative position in which the patter plate (12) is not beneath the parison. The machine also comprises moving means (17) operable to move the patter plate (12) between its operative and inoperative position at appropriate times in the cycle of operation of the machine.
Claims12
A glassware forming machine having three stations, namely a blank station at which a parison is formed from a gob of molten glass, an intermediate station at which the parison is allowed to reheat, and a blow station at which the parison is formed into an article of glassware, characterized in that the machine also comprises
- air screening means comprising a shroud assembly at said intermediate station, moveable between an open position, and a closed position in which the shroud assembly cooperates with stationary structure of the machine to substantially surround a parison and screen the parison from air drafts, said shroud assembly including laterally projecting fins, and
- moving means to move the shroud assembly between its opened and closed positions at appropriate times in the cycle of operation of the machine.
A glassware forming machine having three stations, namely a blank station at which a parison is formed from a gob of molten glass, an intermediate station at which the parison is allowed to reheat, and a blow station at which the parison is formed into an article of glassware, further comprising:
- air screening means comprising a shroud assembly at said intermediate station, moveable beteen an open position, and a closed position in which the shroud assembly cooperates with stationary structure of the machine to substantially surround a parison and screen the parison from air drafts, said shroud assembly being provided with internal passages through which cooling water is passed during machine operation;
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- moving means to move the shroud assembly between its opened and closed positions at appropriate times in the cycle of operation of the machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.