Abstract:
AN AXIALLY SEPARABLE NECK RING MOLD MECHANISM OR ORIFICE PLATE COMPRISING A PAIR OF COMPLEMENTAL AND COOPERATIVE AXIALLY SEPARABLE MALE AND FEMALE NECK RING MOLD HALVES, AND AN IDENTICAL HOLDER AND SUPPORT ASSEMBLY FOR EACH MOLD HALF, EACH HOLDER BEING RESILIENTLY HORIZONTALLY MOUNTED WITHIN THE SUPPORT OF THE RESPECTIVE ASSEMBLY FOR OPTIMUM LINEAR ALIGHNMENT OF SUCH HOLDERS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED MOLD HALVES WITH EACH OTHER, EACH OF THE ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING A SET OF ROLLERS OR WHEELS BY WHICH SUCH ASSEMBLIES CAN, FOR EXAMPLE BE MOVED ALONG ASSOCIATED SETS OF FIRST AND SECOND SETS OF RAILS OR TRACKS WHICH EXTEND PARALLEL WITH EACH OTHER ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF A SELECTED PATH
OF TRAVEL FOR SAID MOLD HALVES, SUCH MOLD HALVES AND THEIR ASSOCIATED ASSEBLIES CARRYING A RIBBON OF MOLTEN GLASS IN A GLASS WORKING MACHINE FOR FORMING ARTICLES SUCH AS CONTAINERS FROM THE GLASS RIBBON.