Abstract:
IN THE BLANK MOLD SIDE OF A TRIPLE GOB HARTFORD I.S. GLASSWARE FORMING MACHINE SECTION, A SETTLE BLOWHEAD AND BAFFLE CARRIER IS PROVIDED FOR SUPPORTING THREE SETTLE BLOWHEADS OR BAFFLES IN DEPENDING RELATIONSHIP FOR MOVEMENT INTO REGISTRATION WITH CORRESPONDING OPENINGS IN THREE INDIVIDUAL BLANK MOLDS. TWO OF THE THREE BAFFLES ARE SLIDABLY SUPPORTED IN THE CARRIER FOR LIMITED VERTICAL FLOATING MOVEMENT AND A SINGLE LEAF SPRING URGES THESE TWO BAFFLES DOWNWARDLY BELOW THE THIRD SO THAT AS THE BAFFLES ENGAGE THEIR RESPECTIVE BLANK MOLD OEPNINGS, THE
SPRING IS RESILIENTLY DEFORMED TO EQUALIZE THE CLOSING FORCES BETWEEN ALL THREE BAFFLES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE BLANK MOLDS.
Abstract:
MOTORS, AND THE TWO END SCOOPS ARE CONNECTED TO ONE ARM OF A HORIZONTALLYPIVOTABLE BELLCRANK MOUNTED TO THE MACHINE FRAME, THE BELLCRANK HAVING A SECOND ARM WHICH IS DRIVEN BY ONE OF THE TWO ENDMOST FLUID MOTORS THROUGH A SHORT INTERMEDIATE LINK, TO MOVE ITS ASSOCIATED SCOOP ARCUATELY IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE.
A PLURALITY OF SCOOP OPERATING FLUID MOTORS ARE MOUNTED IN A SEMI-CIRCULAR PATTERN ATOP A TRIPLE GOB GLASSWARE FORMING MACHINE FOR SUCCESSIVELY MOVING A PLURALITY OF SCOOPS FROM AND TO ACTIVE POSITIONS BENEATH A TRIPLE GOB FEEDER BOWL. THE MACHINE IS A SIX SECTION HARTFORD I. S. MACHINE, AND HAS TRIPLE GOB SCOOPS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH SECTION. FOUR OF THE SIX SCOOPS ARE CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO THE RECIPROCATING PARTS OF FLOUR OF THE FLUID