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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5895513 | Takeout mechanism for an I.S. machine A takeout mechanism for a section of a I.S. machine which will grip the finish of one or more bottles at a blow station and carry the gripped bottles away from the blow station and deposit them on a deadplate. The bottom of the bottles can be a vertical d... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5865868 | Mold carrier assembly for an I. S. machine mold opening and closing mechanism A mold carrier assembly for use with a support housing having a pair of parallel, spaced, horizontally extending bores and located on the top wall of a section frame of an I.S. machine. The quick change mold carrier assembly has a mold support mechanism i... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5846282 | Invert and neck ring holder mechanism for an I.S. machine An invert and neck ring holder mechanism having an opposed pair of neck ring holders displaceable from a blow station to a blank station of a section of an I.S. machine. The invert and neck ring holder mechanism has a pair of an opposed pair of pneumatica... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5843201 | Invert and neck ring holder mechanism for an I.S. machine An invert and neck ring holder mechanism for displacing a parison from a blank station to a blow station. The invert and neck ring holder mechanism has an opposed pair of side brackets, a worm gear housing supporting a worm gear, and a motor/worm housing ... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5833732 | I.S. machine An I.S. machine is disclosed which has a plurality of individual sections arranged side by side. Each section has a section box for supporting a blank mold opening and closing mechanism and a blow mold opening and closing mechanism. These section boxes ar... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5833731 | I S machine An I.S. machine is disclosed which has a plurality of individual sections arranged side by side. Each section has a section box for supporting a blank mold opening and closing mechanism and a blow mold opening and closing mechanism. These section boxes ar... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5830254 | Mold opening and closing mechanism for an I.S. machine A mold opening and closing mechanism for an I.S. machine has a pair of opposed mold support mechanisms for carrying at least one opposed pair of mold side portions. Each mold support mechanism includes a yoke having a first vertical bore and a second hori... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5824131 | Mold opening and closing mechanism for an I.S. machine Opposed mold supports of a mold opening and closing mechanism are driven by electronic motors between retracted and advanced positions. The motors are electronically geared together and follow a feed program which initially advances the associated mold su... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5818190 | Programmable electronic clutch for I.S. machine A pusher mechanism comprising a finger assembly, an upper cylinder including a shaft secured to the finger assembly for displacing the finger assembly between retracted and extended positions, housing means supporting the upper cylinder for pivotal displa... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5814119 | Transfer mechanism A transfer mechanism for transferring glass parisons in an I.S machine from a blank station to a second station comprises two neck-ring mechanisms which operate alternately. While one neck-ring mechanism carries parisons from the blank station in a vertic... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5803945 | Mold opening and closing mechanism for an I.S. machine A mold opening and closing mechanism for an I.S. machine having a plurality of individual sections each having a pair of opposed mold support mechanisms displaceable between a separated retracted position whereat each mold support mechanism is located at ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5800590 | Plunger assembly Controlled movement of the pneumatically operated plunger in the narrow neck press and blow process of manufacture of glass containers is achieved by use of a pressure regulating valve in the air supply to the plunger which determines the pressure supplie... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5800589 | Glassware making machine An H-28 machine for forming glass containers comprising a cylindrical timing drum having inner and outer surfaces and a timing cam having a circumferentially extending inner surface for matingly engaging the outer drum surface. A pair of elongated circumf... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5798626 | Servo motor control An amplifier circuit which communicates over a two way bus with a CPU having a profile generating computer for defining at least one profile and which supplies a control signal to a motor. The amplifier circuit has a profile generating computer for genera... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5761820 | Plug gaging machine A machine for gaging the inner diameter and outer diameter of a bottle opening comprising a telescoping gage including an inner plug gage and an outer ring gage. The plug gage includes a plug gage tube with a plug gage at one end. The ring gage includes a... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5749553 | Deflector mounting An adjustable mounting for a deflector of a trough assembly in a glass machine is adjustable in two perpendicular directions in a horizontal plane. More than one deflector may be used.... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5733354 | Pusher mechanism for I.S. glass forming machine A pusher mechanism for transferring a selected number of containers from a dead plate of an I.S. machine to a conveyor. The mechanism has a finger assembly including a back support portion and a finger portion, with the back support portion and the finger... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5718740 | Plunger assembly for a glassware forming machine A plunger assembly for a glassware forming machine is readily convertible between, for example, double and triple gob configurations and between press and blow and blow and blow operation. A framework is provided with a replaceable positioning plate with ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5665138 | Metering spout bowl assembly A spout bowl assembly for a glass forming machine which forms containers from discrete gobs formed from individual streams of molten glass discharged from the spout bowl assembly comprising a spout bowl for receiving molten glass including a horizontal tu... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5652490 | Control system for glassware forming machine A control system for controlling displacement of a member in a glassware forming machine. A pneumatic piston drives the member and is controlled by a computer which defines a motion profile. The difference, at any moment, between the demanded position and... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5649991 | Individual section glass container forming machine A section of an I.S. machine for manufacturing glass containers. A gob of molten glass is delivered to a blank mold to be formed into a parison. The formed parison is then transferred to a blow mold so that an initial blowing operation can be performed to... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649989 | Method of manufacture glass containers in a section of an IS. machine A method for manufacturing glass containers in a section of an I.S. machine. A gob of molten glass is delivered to a blank mold to be formed into a parison. The formed parison is then transferred to a blow mold so that an initial blowing operation can be ... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5632796 | Piping arrangement for permitting vertical adjustment of a glassware forming machine An arrangement in a glassware forming machine for connecting a supply of operating air to a mechanism mounted in a frame of the machine, which mechanism may need to be adjusted in position vertically in the machine comprises a flexible pipe which connects... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5609663 | Glass or plastic container manufacturing system A system for manufacturing glass and plastic containers is disclosed which has at least two computers connected by a network or more than one network. Each computer has a local virtual network process which establishes a connection with the other node, no... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5609659 | Glass container forming machine control A cyclical machine for forming at least one glass container each machine cycle comprising a plurality of controllers for controlling regulators and/or profiled motion actuators, at least one displaceable structure, controllers controlling the operation of... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5608516 | Glass bottle inspection machine A machine for inspecting a glass bottle comprising a bottle supporting track, a car for conveying a bottle along the track to a bottle inspection station. The car includes rollers for rotatably engaging one side of the bottle and a wall mechanism forceful... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5593472 | Glass feeder heat baffle A tube assembly for use in a spout bowl assembly including a bowl for receiving molten glass having a central orifice closed by an orifice plate having one or more openings and a corresponding plurality of vertically reciprocating plungers associated with... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5587000 | Takeout mechanism in glassware forming machine A method of adjusting the height of the takeout mechanism in a glassware forming machine comprises setting a takeout arm of the mechanism at a predetermined angle by use of a jig member adjusting a piston and cylinder device so that it is in a predetermin... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5582209 | Valve block assembly for I.S. machine A valve block assembly for supplying air under pressure to an air operated mechanism of a glass container manufacturing machine comprising a valve block body, conduit means defined in the valve block body, a valve for controlling the flow of air under pre... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5569313 | Mould mechanism A mold mechanism for use in a glassware forming machine comprises two mold arms which are mounted on a single transverse rod. The rod is of hardened steel, one of the mold arms is secured to a cast iron sleeve which slides on the rod, the other to a harde... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5562751 | I.S. Machine An I.S. machine system has a number of mechanisms which are driven by an inverter drive and a number of machine and section mechanisms which are driven by profiled motion actuators which are controlled by repetitive sequencers associated with each actuato... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5549727 | Trough assembly A trough assembly for the delivery of gob to mould cavities in a glassware forming machine comprises an upwardly facing trough and a downwardly facing deflector which are supported in the machine by a hanger. The hanger comprises a supporting member which... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5547485 | Parison transfer mechanism A parison transfer mechanism comprises two neck-ring arms which are mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis, which axis is inclined to a central axis of a section in which the mechanism is mounted. This allows for several arrangements of pairs of suc... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5538034 | Valve A one-way valve of simple construction comprises a body provided with appropriate bores and four legs. A ball is positioned between the legs which are then bent towards each other to retain the ball in the body.... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5531804 | Plunger assembly adapter An adapter for use in securing a plunger assembly to a screw threaded upper end portion of a piston rod in a parison forming mechanism in a glassware forming machine has a sleeve with a wall portion which is provided with a strip supported only at spaced ... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5531249 | Valve block assembly for I.S. machine A valve block assembly for controlling the flow of operating air to air operated mechanisms of a section of an I.S. machine comprising at least one valve block including a plurality of valves, each of the valves having an inlet chamber for receiving opera... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5527372 | Pusher mechanism for I.S. glass forming machine A pusher has one or more pockets for receiving glass containers like bottles. Each pocket is defined by a corner between a finger and a side portion. To positively locate the bottles in their pockets, a jet of air is directed at each bottle proximate the ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5518514 | Glassware forming machine An operating mechanism for a glassware forming machine is located on a horizontal table of the machine. A locating sleeve is secured to a lower face of the table and serves to determine the vertical alignment of the operating mechanism while a clamping de... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5510610 | Apparatus for detecting defects on the bottom of bottles by manipulating an image to remove knurls An algorithm is disclosed which effectively removes the knurled annular portion on the bottom of a glass or plastic bottle which is located at an inspection location where diffused light is shown through the bottom of the bottle and is observed by a camer... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5505759 | Glassware forming machine A pneumatically operated mechanism for a glassware forming machine is located in an aperture in a top plate of the machine and comprises entry ports in a downwardly facing surface which mate with exit ports for air supplies located in an upwardly facing s... | 04/09/1996 |
