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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8104310 | Assembly for opening/closing molds of a glassware molding machine A mold of a glassware molding machine has two half-molds movable between a closed molding position and an open extraction position by a mold opening/closing assembly, wherein two actuating arms, each fitted to a respective half-mold, are rotated about respective fix... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8047022 | Apparatus for opening and closing molds in a glassware forming machine Apparatus for opening and closing mold arms in a glassware forming machine includes a gearbox for mounting on a glassware machine frame, a cylinder housing suspended beneath the gearbox, and a mold open/close cylinder disposed within the cylinder housing. The cylind... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7451622 | Mold open and close mechanism for an I.S. machine A mold open and closed mechanism for an I.S. machine is disclosed which has a mold carrier supported for displacement between mold open and closed positions. The mold carrier has a front mold mounting face vertical and horizontal mold alignment structure and a verti... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7293430 | Press molding apparatus and press molding method of optical element A press molding apparatus includes upper and lower molding dies each having a molding surface facing each other, and a driving device which moves at least one of the upper and lower molding dies in a vertical direction so that the upper and lower molding dies are op... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7204649 | Optical component with holder and manufacturing method thereof As means of the present invention, first, on the optical element, a plate-like peripheral edge part which is protruding, while surrounding an effective part having an optical function thereof, outside from the effective part is provided. Furthermore, at a part of th... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7159420 | System and method for forming infrared glass optical components A system and method for forming infrared glass optical components are provided. The system includes first and second mold halves having first and second respective faces. The first and second mold halves are configured to be removably coupled such that the first fac... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7017374 | Device for closing and opening the mold halves of a glass molding machine Each mold half is held by means of a mold half holding mechanism which can be driven so as to pivot in a reciprocating manner about a common vertical hinge column by means of a vertical shaft (6; 7), which is mounted in a rotatable manner in a frame (2... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6907754 | Self-aligning impact tolerant I.S. machine cartridge assembly A cartridge assembly for a blow-and-blow parison-forming machine comprises a cylindrical barrel, an annular lower stop having a central opening for accepting a piston rod and having an upwardly opening tapered recess adjacent the central opening, an annular cylinder... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6789398 | Mold incorporating a heat source and apparatus and method for using such molds A heat source is formed within one piece of a multi-piece mold designed to shape a glass tube. The one piece of the mold can then be used as a source of intense heat to render the glass malleable and to also contribute to shaping the tube in conformance with the mol... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6536239 | Apparatus and method for shaping glass tubes with molds A mold for shaping the end region and the opening at a selected end of a first, hollow, generally cylindrical, glass tube to enable a second tube, of smaller diameter than the first tube, to be inserted snuggly a first distance within the selected end of ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6442976 | Liquid cooling of glassware molds A system and method of cooling glassware molds by directing liquid coolant to the blank or blow mold halves of a glassware forming machine through an enclosed pivotal rotary union-type structure. A coolant manifold is carried by each pivotal mold arm, and... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6233975 | Common cage assembly A common cage assembly for a mold for a glassware machine having a mold support member. The assembly further includes a first cage member and a second cage member. Each of the cage members is movably mounted adjacent to the mold support member. Each of th... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6212911 | Mould with pivoting drawer A mold having a pivoting slide. The mold is made of two shells. An element is rotationally mounted on one of the shells with a part of the element coinciding with the internal cavity of the mold. The element is closed by the second shell which has bearing... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6182473 | I.S. machine A mold opening and closing mechanism for a section of an I.S. machine includes a mold carrier assembly and horizontal axially extending shafts. A housing supports these shafts for axial displacement and includes first and second vertically extending ducts... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6173587 | Method for installing mold assembly A mold assembly (34) for cyclically forming heated glass sheets includes a lower mold (36) having an upwardly oriented mold face (356) and an upper mold face having a downwardly oriented mold face (56) that opposes the upwardly oriented mold face of the l... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6109063 | I.S. machine A mold opening and closing mechanism for a section of an I.S. machine includes a mold carrier assembly and horizontal axially extending shafts. A housing supports these shafts for axial displacement and includes first and second vertically extending ducts... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5906668 | Mold assembly for forming heated glass sheets A mold assembly (34) for cyclically forming heated glass sheets includes a lower mold (36) having an upwardly oriented mold face (356) and an upper mold face having a downwardly oriented mold face (56) that opposes the upwardly oriented mold face of the l... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5851257 | Apparatus and method for pressing of glass articles at a high cavity rate The present invention is directed to an apparatus for pressing a glass article. The apparatus includes a frame. A mold having first and second mold halves are mounted on the frame. The mold halves define a cavity for receiving a glass gob. The mold halves... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5665139 | Mold for production of a quartz glass component The mold wall forms the boundary of a cavity provided with a filling opening and is divided vertically into several segments, which are connected to each other in such a way that they can separate under the action of a force acting outward from the cavity... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5630858 | Temperature resistant material, particularly as substitute for asbestos in devices for handling objects of hot glass A temperature resistant material consisting of fiber-reinforced glass and fiber-reinforced ceramics, respectively, is described as asbestos substitute in devices for handling hot glass, glass ceramics and ceramics objects.... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5610762 | Apparatus and method of making reflex molds Method and apparatus is disclosed for manufacturing a reflex mold wherein a flexible or bendable, thin plate is provided for use in the manufacturing process. A reflex prism assembly is clamped together and metal is applied over the surface of the prisms ... | 03/11/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5306325 | Mold clamping mechanism for glass container forming machine A mold locking system is provided for a glass molding machine. The machine has first and second mold hanger support arms for moving respectively first and second mold halves. The arms are pivotally cantilever-mounted at their ends for rotation about a ver... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5019147 | Mold arm closing mechanism for an individual section machine A pivotally mounted mold support has a cylindrical roller extending parallel to the pivot shaft. A pivotal lever arm is connected to the mold support via a link which is connected to the pin supporting the cylindrical roller. The lever arm has a cam surfa... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4978380 | Mould mechanisms A mould mechanism for a glass forming machine comprises two mould supports which have first end portions which are mounted on parallel shafts for linear movement between mould open and mould closed positions. The mould supports are moved by mould operatin... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4921523 | Mechanism for opening and closing at least one mould of a glassware forming machine The mechanism comprises a piston and cylinder assembly operable to move mould side portion supports between mould open and mould closed positions thereof. A check valve (72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82) is mounted in a passage (66) into the cylinder to allow fluid... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4902329 | Method of using external system for locating the geometric center of an internal lens element A system is disclosed for externally locating the geometric center of an internal lens element which requires that an external reference surface be accurately formed so as to lie concentrically with the central axis of the internal lens element. This is a... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4887791 | Moulds for glass making and use thereof Cast-iron mold for the production of glass containers by using a "pressed-blown" or "blown-blown" technique wherein the parts exposed to the parison are coated with a uniform alumina layer of which the thickness is less than 5 micrometers. The invention a... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4832727 | Mold opening and closing mechanism for an individual section (I.S.) glassware forming machine An apparatus for ensuring alignment during opening and closing of mold halves in an individual section (I.S.) glassware forming machine has a cylinder containing a pair of mutually reciprocating pistons linked to a pair of mold half actuating shafts. A pa... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4826524 | Apparatus for holding mould side portions in a glassware forming machine The apparatus is arranged to hold side portions of three equally-spaced moulds. The apparatus comprises two holders (2 and 4) for opposite side portions of the moulds. One holder (2) comprises a support (12) on which moving means for moving the holders to... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4770687 | Glass moulding apparatus The relatively movable mould side portions (22, 26) of a glass moulding apparatus are held together during moulding by clamping means (40,42). The clamping means (40,42) comprises first (40) and second (42) pressing means each movable upwardly into an ope... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4659358 | Mould arrangement of a glassware forming machine Mould portions supporting arms of a mould arrangement are moved by drive means between mould-open and mould-closed conditions. The drive means comprises two vertical drive shafts (20) connected to the supporting arms and arranged to move the arms when tur... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4655813 | Mould opening and closing mechanism for a glassware forming machine The mechanism comprises two mould support arrangements (14; 114) each comprising a supporting arm (16; 116) pivotal about a first fixed axis (18; 118), a support (22; 122) for mould portions pivotal on the arm about a second vertical axis (24; 124), and a... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4543118 | Mould opening and closing mechanism A mould opening and closing mechanism for a plurality of mould portions of a glassware container manufacturing machine. The mechanism comprises fixed rods (26) carrying fixed pistons (30) on each of which a cylinder (32; 54) is slidably mounted. When flui... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4486215 | Quadruple cavity glass mold operating apparatus The disclosed apparatus is a quadruple gob glass parison forming machine. Its distinguishing features are the mounting of the mold carrying inserts in the mold arms so that equal closing forces will be applied to all the molds, and that the mold arms are ... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4449996 | Parallel motion blank mold operating mechanism This application relates to parallel blank mold opening mechanism wherein the split blank molds, of which there are a plurality, are carried in holders that are mounted on horizontal hinge pins adjacent the rear thereof. These hinge pins are carried at th... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4388099 | Pressurized fluid distributing arrangement for a forming tool for shaping thermoplastic material A distributing arrangement for a pressurized cooling fluid, especially air, for cooling a forming tool of a machine for forming thermoplastic material, especially molten glass, wherein the forming tool includes at least one split mold including mold segme... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4283218 | Mold mechanism A mold mechanism for opening and closing a split mold is described wherein a single air cylinder moves one half of the mold in a linear direction and simultaneously, through a plurality of interconnected pivotal links, rotates the other half of the mold t... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4120684 | Mold ring transfer apparatus An improved apparatus for the transfer of mold rings in a centrifugal casting process. One type of forming process for the funnel portions of color television picture tube envelopes utilizes a centrifugal casting process for the glass. This process requir... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4004905 | Safety lock for forming machine blowhead An apparatus for forming glass containers wherein the glass is expanded to its final shape in a blow mold. A blowhead is brought onto vertical registry with the blow mold cavity. In the conventional Hartford I.S. forming machine, the mechanism for moving ... | 01/25/1977 |
