Individual cavity adjustment tong head assembly
AssigneeJeff Company, Inc.
InventorWilliam Wenz
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Abstract
A tong head assembly for a glass blowing machine includes multiple tong mechanisms. Each tong mechanism has a tong extending from the bottom of a cylinder. The tongs are adapted to grasp a blown container. The cylinders are mounted for independent rectilinear and angular movement in the tong head assembly in order to compensate for misalignment of the tongs with the glass container to be grasped.
Claims10
A tong head assembly including multiple mechanisms wherein each of said mechanisms is comprised of a cylinder and a corresponding tong, each of said tongs being constructed to grasp a glass container, each of said mechanisms having adjustment means for rectilinearly and angularly adjusting the same independently of each of the other mechanisms to compensate for misalignment of its corresponding tong with said container to be grasped, and said assembly further comprising means for securing said mechanisms to said adjustment means, said adjustment means including a body member having a bottom, top and oversized cavities formed therein for receiving said cylinders and having oversized holes formed therethrough for receiving said securing means, said cylinders being rectilinearly movable within said cavities and said securing means being rectilinearly movable within said holes for facilitating the adjustment and alignment of said mechanisms with respect to said glass containers.
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