Method for forming wide mouth glassware

A method of making wide-mouth glassware comprising

• providing a solid blank mold,
• providing a split blow mold comprising mold halves,
• providing a split neck ring,
• providing a plunger carrier having a movable plunger thereon,
• providing a neck ring holder for holding said neck ring,
• pivotally supporting said neck ring holder on said neck ring arm,
• pivotally supporting said arm about a first fixed horizontal axis,
• positioning the neck ring on said blank mold,
• delivering a gob of molten glass directly to said blank mold,
• positioning said plunger carrier into engagement with said neck ring,
• extending the plunger relative to the plunger carrier into said blank mold to deform the glass and force the glass into the neck ring to form a parison,
• thereafter, retracting the plunger carrier relative to the blank mold and moving the plunger carrier away from the neck ring,
• moving the neck ring with the parison thereon to a position between the open blow mold halves while maintaining the parison in vertical upright position,
• said step of moving the neck ring with the parison thereon to a position between the open blow mold halves while maintaining the parison in vertical upright position comprises providing a transfer arm, pivoting one end of the transfer arm about a second fixed horizontal axis spaced from the first horizontal axis, pivoting the other end of the transfer arm to the neck ring holder and pivotally connecting said transfer arm to said first horizontal axis such that the pivotal movement of said neck ring arm about said first horizontal axis causes said transfer arm to move about said second horizontal axis and maintain said parison in vertical upright position as the neck ring is moved to a position between the open blow mold,
• closing the blow mold about the parison,
• opening the neck ring to release the parison to the blow mold,
• returning the neck ring to its original position adjacent the blank mold,
• blowing the parison into a hollow glass article,
• opening the blow mold,
• removing the blown glass article.