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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8166779 | Baffle system for blank molds of a glassware forming machine A baffle system for blank molds of a glassware forming machine, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, includes a first shaft mounted for movement in the direction of its axis and for rotation around its axis. A baffle arm is mounted t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8117870 | Long stroke blow head mechanism An improved and mechanically simplified blow head mechanism for blowing a parison and internally cooling the blown parison is disclosed which may be used with an I.S. machine to blow a parison to form a glass container and then internally cool the blown parison belo... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7958749 | Floating mount bottom plate holder in a glassware forming machine A glassware mold bottom plate mounting arrangement in a glassware forming machine includes a floating ring captured by a cap plate on a base for limited lateral movement with respect to the base and the cap plate. A hollow spud is rigidly secured to and extends from... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7878027 | Glassware forming machine blowhead arm assembly A glassware forming machine blowhead arm assembly includes a one-piece blowhead arm body having at least one longitudinal air passage and a plurality of lateral air passages connected to the longitudinal passage. A blowhead chuck is removably received in a first end... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7487650 | Glass container forming machine A parison is blown in the blow mold of an I.S. machine and as soon as the parison is blown, the blow head is raised to an exhaust location increasing the flow of cooling air to the interior of the blown parison. When the blown parison has been cooled sufficiently so... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7165956 | Bell-type nozzle blow-molding installation A blow-molding installation for manufacturing receptacles from blanks of thermoplastic polymer, said installation comprising a bell-nozzle for blowing a fluid under pressure into a blank (3) disposed in a cavity (2) of a mold (1), the end of the... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7134301 | Mold support mechanism for an I.S. machine A mold cooling system is disclosed for the blank mold halves of an I.S. machine. The mold halves are supported at their bottom by a lower hanger assembly which includes a discrete plenum for each of the mold halves. Each plenum is isolated and has its own air supply... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7121119 | Press molding apparatus for an optical element and method of manufacturing the optical element A transfer arm holds a plurality of preforms arranged in a single line and simultaneously drops and supplies the preforms downward. A positioning arm has a pair of arm split members split in its widthwise direction. The arm split members have positioning surfaces fo... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7073352 | Method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles A method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles, by the blow-and-blow, press-and-blow, press-and-blow paste mold and direct-press processes in a glassware forming machine including single or multiple machine sections each having single or mult... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7047766 | Inverter mechanism for a glass forming machine An invert mechanism for moving parisons between a pre-forming station and a finishing forming station of a glass forming machine is disclosed. The mechanism is disposed above a cover plate of a frame of the glass forming machine. An electric motor is disposed with i... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7024887 | Method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles A method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles, by the blow-and-blow, press-and-blow, press-and-blow paste mold and direct-press processes in a glassware forming machine including single or multiple machine sections each having single or mult... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7003982 | Apparatus for introducing blowing air into glass container forming machine molds A plunger for intermittently delivering counterblow air to a gob glass at a formidable temperature in a blank mold of an I.S. glass container forming machine being operated on the blow and blow process. The plunger comprises a fixed annular member with an enlarged r... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004745 | Stretch blow molding machine having improved control of the stretch rod A machine for making thermoplastic containers by stretching and blowing a preform including at least a stretch rod which is slidably controlled along its axis by an actuator from a retracted position to a stretching position to stretch the preform during the blowing... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6923022 | Dual-stage blowhead assembly A blowhead assembly for receipt over a parison finish to blow the parison within a blow mold and simultaneously cool the parison finish includes a blowhead body having a first chamber at one end for receipt over the finish of a parison in a blow mold, and at least o... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6913455 | Hot fill mold shell assembly with reduced heat transfer A hot fill hot fill mold assembly has two mold half shells and two mold half carriers for supporting the mold half shells. The shells each have an inner wall that defines the shape of at least a portion of the container to be formed. Each shell has outer wall surfac... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6907756 | Plunger for bottle forming I.S. machine A plunger for use in forming parisons during the manufacture of glass containers having a biased open valve therein. ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6905326 | Blow molding machine comprising control valves, which are mounted on the blowing device and which control the blowing air A blow molding machine with at least one blow mold for producing hollow bodies from heated performs, at least one blow nozzle for leading the blow air into the performs and a plurality of valves for controlling the feeding and the removal of the blow air to and from... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6848273 | Apparatus for blowing and removing glass containers Vertically aligned first (30) and second (32) combined blowhead and takeout mechanisms are provided to sequentially blow glass parisons (P) into containers (C) in a mold set (22) and to transfer blown containers to a deadplate (40) of a g... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6823696 | Glass container forming machine Formed bottles are simultaneously cooled within the blow molds of an I.S. machine on their inner and outer surfaces and inner surface cooling continues from the time the takeout grips a bottle through a displacement course to a deadplate location, then to a conveyor... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6807829 | Glass container forming machine A blow head is displaced to the “on” position where its lower portion engages the top of a blow mold. Final blow begins and before final blow is completed, the blow head is raised a selected distance and final blow is exhausted between the O.D. of the formed fin... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6776010 | Glass container forming machine A blow head mechanism for an I.S. machine wherein the blow head has a final blow tube. The final blow tube is supported for vertical displacement between an up position where the open end of the final blow tube is proximate the top of a blown parison and a down posi... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776009 | Glass container forming machine A takeout for an I.S. machine includes a cooling tube which is displaceable between up and down positions. Displace is controlled to correspond to the desired heat removal along the path of displacement. ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6766664 | Glass container forming machine A takeout for an I.S. machine has a cooling tube which is displaceable between up and down positions. The open bottom of the cooling tube has an annular deflector which deflects some of the downwardly propelled cooling air radially outwardly from the cooling tube. | 07/27/2004 |
| 6766665 | Glass container forming machine The takeout has a cooling tube which oscillates within the bottle as the bottle is removed from the blow station of an I.S. machine and transferred to a deposit location. ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6705121 | Glass container forming machine A blow mold assembly for an I.S. machine for blowing a parison of glass and cooling the blown parison into a formed bottle which can be removed from the blow mold. A blow head is lowered onto a blow mold and final air is applied. The blow head is lifted a selected v... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6584805 | Hot bottle inspection apparatus A glass bottle production line comprising a bottle mold which has a plurality of mold cavities arranged in a predetermined order for forming bottles from glass parisons and for transferring the bottles to a conveyor in a predetermined sequence correspondi... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6401491 | Final blow/finish cooling valve function monitor Apparatus for monitoring application of air through a dual-stage blowhead to blow mold a container includes a first solenoid valve for applying final blow air through the blowhead to a container in a mold and a second solenoid valve for applying finish co... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6314762 | Neck ring mechanism for glass forming machine A neck ring arm assembly for a glass container forming machine of the individual section type comprising a horizontally extending invert shaft and a vertically extending cylinder with a rack that engages a spur gear attached to the invert shaft to oscilla... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6098427 | Neck ring mechanism for glass forming machine A neck ring arm assembly for a glass container forming machine of the individual section type comprising a horizontally extending invert shaft and a vertically extending cylinder with a rack that engages a spur gear attached to the invert shaft to oscilla... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5974835 | I.S. machine An I.S. machine has a plurality of individual sections each having a blank station for forming a parison from a gob of molten glass in opposed pairs of blankmold halves supported by opposed mold carriers displaceable between retracted and advanced positio... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5876475 | Glass container forming process and equipment A method and apparatus for forming a glass container in a blow-and-blow process. The apparatus includes an air flow controller having a housing defining a chamber, a piston disposed for reciprocal movement from a first position to a second position within... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5858050 | I.S. machine An I.S. machine comprises a plurality of individual sections arranged in side by side relation. Each section has a section frame having a top wall having a front and a back and opposed sides on which is mounted a blank station including a mold opening and... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5807419 | Apparatus for the shaping and transferring of glass articles or other materials An apparatus for shaping and transferring of a glass article is provided for a glassware forming machine in order to shape a glass parison in a blowing mold and to transfer the shaped glass article from the blowing mold to a deadplate in front of the mach... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5792231 | Baffle assembly A baffle assembly for use in a glassware forming machine to provide a settle blow to settle a gob in a parison forming mould cavity and a mould closing surface to close the mould cavity comprises a first member which comprises a mould cavity closing surfa... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5766299 | Mold for shaping glass A unitary mold member for shaping glass includes an inner surface which shapes molten glass blown thereagainst and an outer surface. A cavity within the unitary mold member is positioned between the inner and outer surfaces. The unitary mold member has pa... | 06/16/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5707413 | Method and apparatus for blow and blow production of hollow glass article The method and apparatus for producing a hollow glass article permit removal of a resulting hollow glass article without severing a moll. By this, glass powder which would otherwise be caused and fallen into the hollow glass article during severing the mo... | 01/13/1998 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5437702 | Hot bottle inspection apparatus and method A glass bottle production line comprising a bottle mold which has a plurality of mold cavities arranged in a predetermined order for forming bottles from glass parisons and for transferring the bottles to a conveyor in a predetermined sequence correspondi... | 08/01/1995 |
