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US 5,632,796 AGranted
Piping arrangement for permitting vertical adjustment of a glassware forming machine
AssigneeEmhart Glass Machinery Investments Inc.
InventorsZdenko Kuz, Willi Meyer
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Abstract
An arrangement in a glassware forming machine for connecting a supply of operating air to a mechanism mounted in a frame of the machine, which mechanism may need to be adjusted in position vertically in the machine comprises a flexible pipe which connects the mechanism to a supply of operating air, and a sleeve for permitting a change of length of the pipe so that adjustment of the mechanism can be accommodated.
Claims6
A piping arrangement in a glassware forming machine which comprises:
- a frame comprising a top plate, a base member and
- a lateral frame member;
- an operating mechanism mounted in the frame for vertical adjustment relative to the top plate;
- an air supply passage formed in the lateral frame member;
- a distributor block in fluid communication with the mechanism and comprising operating air passages for the supply of operating air to the mechanism, and a horizontal air passage opening from an outer face of the block to one of said operating air passages;
- a right angled connector mounted in said horizontal air passage and freely rotatable about an axis of said horizontal air passage;
- flexible pipe means for joining the connector to said air supply passage in the lateral frame member;
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- means for permitting a change of length of the flexible pipe means;
- so that, on vertical adjustment of the mechanism, the adjustment may be accommodated by rotation of the connector about said axis of said horizontal air passage, flexing of the flexible pipe means and a change of length of the flexible pipe means.
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