Apparatus for forming a glass product and a method for forming a glass product

An apparatus for forming a glass product which comprises:

• a glass gob feeding device for feeding and depositing glass gobs into molds for forming a formed body;
• a press forming device for press forming the glass gob into the formed body of a predetermined shape;
• a formed body removing device;
• a plurality of carrier means on which molds are loaded, each of said plurality of carrier means including at least one mold loaded thereon;
• and
• a transfer means for transferring and circulating the carrier means on which the molds are loaded in an order of the glass gob feeding device, the press forming device, the formed body removing device, and back to the glass gob feeding device;
• said transfer means forming at least one path along which the carrier means travel, said path including at least one divergence at which the path divides into at least two sub-paths such that only a portion of the plurality of carrier means travels along one of the at least two sub-paths, said path further including at least one convergence at which the sub-paths meet.