GOB delivery apparatus for a glassware forming machine

US5599370A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hermann Heye

Inventors

• Manfred Struckmeier · Oberkirchen, DE
• Andreas Graefe · Bückeburg, DE
• Eckhard M oller · Bad Eilsen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 22, 1993
• Grant date: Feb 4, 1997
• Expiry date: Nov 22, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C03B7/16
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Gobs of molten glass fall in succession into a scoop which can be swivelled about a vertical axis and which supplies gobs to subsequent multiple delivery systems, for example, of an I.S. glassware forming machine. The gobs travel along a path of movement from the scoop in free flight to a sliding member, from this in free flight to a trough, and from this again in free flight to a deflector which is downwardly curved. The deflector delivers the gobs so that their longitudinal axis lies coaxially with respect to the longitudinal axis of a mold which is to be charged. The sliding member is supported to be fixed relative to the machine. The trough has its upper end supported by means of a universal joint on the sliding member. The lower end of the trough is guided in a vertical chute of the deflector and can be raised and lowered by means of an adjustment device.