Machine for forming hollow articles of vitreous material
AssigneeHermann Heye
InventorHans-Georg Seidel
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Abstract
A machine for forming a hollow article of vitreous material has a neck mold having a neck ring with a pair of separable neck ring halves, a pair of holding elements each holding a respective one of the neck ring halves, a transporting element for transporting the neck molds along a predetermined path and having guiding bars, a driving element for moving each of the holding elements relative to the guide bars between closed and open end positions with locking of the same, and carriages displaceably mounted on the guide bars, wherein each of the holding elements for holding a respective one of the neck ring halves is releasably connected with one of the carriages.
Claims12
A machine for forming a hollow article of vitreous material, comprising at least one forming means having a neck ring including a pair of separable neck ring halves;
- holding means for holding said at least one forming means and including a pair of holding elements each holding a respective one of said neck ring halves;
- transporting means for transporting said forming means along a predetermined path and having guide bars;
- carriages displaceably mounted on said guide bars of said transporting means, each of said holding elements for holding a respective one of said neck ring halves being releasably connected with one of said carriages so that said holding elements can be removed from any hung on said carriages, each of said holding elements being provided with at least one hook and suspended by said at least one hook on the respective one of said carriages;
- driving means connected with said carriages for moving each of said holding elements relative to said guide bars of said transporting means, between closed and open end positions;
- and locking means connected with said carriages for locking each of said holding elements in at least said closed end position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.