Apparatuses for holding and retaining glass articles

An assembly for holding and retaining glass articles, the assembly comprising a plurality of magazine apparatuses, each of the magazine apparatuses comprising:

• a base frame comprising a bottom support plate;
• a plurality of ware keepers positioned on the bottom support plate, wherein each ware keeper of the plurality of ware keepers comprises a plurality of retention bodies formed from wire segments and defining a ware receiving volume therebetween, wherein each retention body comprises:
• a base connection stem engaged with the bottom support plate;
• a seat segment contiguous with the base connection stem and positioned over and substantially parallel to the bottom support plate, wherein the seat segment of each retention body is spaced apart from the bottom support plate;
• a lower segment coupled to the seat segment;
• a body segment coupled to the lower segment and extending away from the bottom support plate, the lower segment positioned between the seat segment and the body segment;
• a retention segment coupled to the body segment;
• and
• a lever segment coupled to the retention segment, wherein the seat segments of the retention bodies form a ware seat positioned above and substantially parallel to the bottom support plate, the ware seat defining a bottom of the ware receiving volume and configured to support a glass article thereon such that a bottom section of the glass article rests directly on the ware seat.

An apparatus for holding and retaining glass articles during processing, the apparatus comprising:

• a base frame comprising a bottom support plate;
• a plurality of ware keepers positioned on the bottom support plate, wherein each ware keeper of the plurality of ware keepers comprises a plurality of retention bodies formed from wire segments and defining a ware receiving volume therebetween, wherein each retention body comprises:
• a base connection stem engaged with the bottom support plate;
• a seat segment contiguous with the base connection stem and positioned over and substantially parallel to the bottom support plate;
• a lower segment coupled to the seat segment;
• a body segment coupled to the lower segment and extending away from the bottom support plate, the lower segment positioned between the seat segment and the body segment, wherein a diameter of the ware receiving volume enclosed by the lower segment is greater than the diameter of the ware receiving volume enclosed by the body segment;
• a retention segment coupled to the body segment;
• and
• a lever segment coupled to the retention segment, wherein the seat segments of the retention bodies form a ware seat positioned above and substantially parallel to the bottom support plate, the ware seat defining a bottom of the ware receiving volume and configured to support a glass article thereon such that a bottom of the glass article rests directly on the ware seat.

An apparatus for holding and retaining glass articles during processing, the apparatus comprising:

• a base frame comprising a bottom support plate;
• a plurality of ware keepers positioned on the bottom support plate, wherein each ware keeper of the plurality of ware keepers comprises a plurality of retention bodies formed from wire segments and defining a ware receiving volume therebetween, wherein each retention body comprises:
• a base connection stem engaged with the bottom support plate;
• a seat segment contiguous with the base connection stem and positioned over and substantially parallel to the bottom support plate, wherein the seat segment of each retention body is spaced apart from the bottom support plate;
• a lower segment coupled to the seat segment;
• a body segment coupled to the lower segment and extending away from the bottom support plate, the lower segment positioned between the seat segment and the body segment;
• a retention segment coupled to the body segment;
• and
• a lever segment coupled to the retention segment, wherein the seat segments of the retention bodies form a ware seat positioned above and substantially parallel to the bottom support plate, the ware seat defining a bottom of the ware receiving volume and configured to support a glass article thereon such that a bottom of the glass article rests directly on the ware seat.

An apparatus for holding and retaining glass articles during processing, the apparatus comprising:

• a base frame comprising a bottom support plate;
• a plurality of ware keepers positioned on the bottom support plate, wherein each ware keeper of the plurality of ware keepers comprises a plurality of retention bodies formed from wire segments and defining a ware receiving volume therebetween, wherein each retention body comprises:
• a base connection stem engaged with the bottom support plate;
• a seat segment contiguous with the base connection stem and positioned over and substantially parallel to the bottom support plate;
• a lower segment coupled to the seat segment;
• a body segment coupled to the lower segment and extending away from the bottom support plate, the lower segment positioned between the seat segment and the body segment;
• a retention segment coupled to the body segment;
• and
• a lever segment coupled to the retention segment, wherein each retention body is attached to an adjacent retention body with a connecting segment to form retention body couplets and the seat segments of the retention bodies form a ware seat positioned above and substantially parallel to the bottom support plate, the ware seat defining a bottom of the ware receiving volume and configured to support a glass article thereon such that a bottom of the glass article rests directly on the ware seat.