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US 5,181,949 AGranted
Push out device for a glassware forming machine
AssigneeEmhart Glass Machinery Investments Inc.
InventorBeat Egloff
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Abstract
A push out device for a glass container making machine has a series of pusher fingers mounted on a pusher head arranged for the conventional extended and retracted movement and rotation about a vertical axis. The pusher fingers are mounted in a support plate of the pusher head so that the spacing between a base of the pusher head and the support plate may readily be adjusted.
Claims5
A push out device for use in a glassware forming machine to remove molded containers from a dead plate of the machine to a conveyor, comprising
- a piston and cylinder device including a piston rod,
- a pusher head mounted on said piston rod for movement between an operative, extended, position and a retracted position, including
- a support plate,
- at least one container engaging finger mounted on said support plate,
- a base secured to said piston rod,
- a plurality of supporting rods extending through said base and parallel to said piston rod and secured to said support plate, and
- securing means mounted on said base and movable between a first position engaging said supporting rods to lock said rods relative to said base and a second position releasing said rods so that the spacing between said base and said supporting plate may be adjusted.
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