US 9,676,647 B2 · Neck ring system and glassware forming process

Abstract

A glassware-forming neck ring system includes a neck ring assembly and a carrier assembly carrying the neck ring assembly. The neck ring assembly includes a neck ring guide having a first forming aperture therethrough around a vertical axis, and a neck ring divided along a longitudinal axis into neck ring sections carried by the neck ring guide and movable toward and away from one another along the neck ring guide along a lateral axis. The carrier assembly includes a carrier having a body with a second forming aperture therethrough, longitudinally opposite ends, laterally opposite sides between the ends, and a channel extending between the sides, restricting movement of the neck ring assembly along the vertical and longitudinal axes, and permitting movement of the neck ring assembly along the lateral axis. A process of forming glassware includes carrying the glassware by a neck ring system through an entire glassware forming process from a blank molding station to a ware handler.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A process of forming glassware that includes the steps of:

(a) acquiring a neck ring system with at least one material handler;
(b) transferring the neck ring system to a blank mold station;
(c) blank molding a glass gob into glassware having a neck finish formed by the neck ring system;
(d) transferring the glassware carried by the neck ring system to a blow mold station;
(e) blow molding the glassware carried by the neck ring system;
(f) transferring the glassware carried by the neck ring system to a ware handler;
and
(g) opening the neck ring system to release the glassware from the neck ring system without releasing the at least one material handler from the neck ring system,
wherein the glassware is carried by the neck ring system through the entire glassware forming process from the blank molding station to the ware handler,
(h) releasing the neck ring system from the at least one material handler to a return conveyor;
(i) conveying the neck ring system to a location proximate the blank mold station, and
(j) repeating steps (a) through (j).

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Neck ring system and glassware forming process

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Abstract

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