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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7690222 | Glass gob distribution A glass gob distributor for delivering gobs of molten glass to sections of a glassware forming machine, in accordance with exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, includes at least one electric motor, a ball screw coupled to the electric motor and a carriag... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7543461 | Variable radius deflector A gob deflector has an entry end for receiving molten glass gobs, an exit end for directing the glass gobs into a blank mold of a glassware forming machine, and a curved portion between the entry and exit ends. The curved portion has an arc defined by an upper curve... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7412849 | Device for blank pressing optical glass bodies The device for blank pressing glass bodies includes a first rotary indexing table with preforms for forming parisons from glass gobs; a second rotary indexing table having pressing molds and pressing tools for pressing the parisons into final form after formation in... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7377130 | Method for making globular bodies The method of making globular or spherical bodies of optical quality includes filling receptacles (2) in a heat-resistant support (3) made of a porous material with glass gobs (1); conducting gas through the heat-resistant support so that a gas ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7281395 | Gob distributor for a glass forming machine The gob distributor for a glass forming machine has at least one scoop channel which can be pivoted in a reciprocating manner about a vertical axis. A lower end of each scoop channel can be successively orientated, by the pivoting motion, so as to be aligned with a ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6907755 | Device for manufacturing glass gobs A device for manufacturing glass gobs includes a membrane body of a porous gas transmitting material. Channels for introducing compressed gas into the membrane body extend through the membrane body material and are spaced at a distance from the gas outlet surface of... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6776011 | Apparatus for conveying gobs of glass to a glass container forming machine An inclined trough assembly (10) or gob scoop (20, 40) for conveying, by gravity, formable gobs of glass at an elevated temperature to a section of a glass container forming machine of the I.S. type. The trough assembly has a trough member (12) ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6626010 | Method for floating glass lump, method for preparing glass lump and method for preparing molded glass, and apparatus used for the methods A method of floating glass gobs by means of a gas flow. A method of manufacturing glass gobs by floating a molten glass gob and simultaneously cooling it. A method of manufacturing glass spheres by floating a softened glass gob and simultaneously renderin... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6494061 | Apparatus and method for conveying gobs of glass to a glass container forming machine An inclined trough assembly (10) for conveying, by gravity, formable gobs of glass at an elevated temperature to a section of a glass container forming machine of the I.S. type, the trough assembly having a trough member (12) configured, in cross-section,... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6381988 | Liquid cooling deflectors in a glassware forming system A glassware forming machine system includes an individual section glassware forming machine having a plurality of sections, each with at least one blank mold, and a gob distributor for distributing molten glass gobs to the blank molds of each machine sect... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6370915 | Method for supplying glass molding material to molds, and method for manufacturing glass optical elements A method for supplying a glass molding material by dropping it from a higher level onto a molding surface of a lower mold of a mold constituted of an upper mold and the lower mold, in which a guide means is used for dropping the glass molding material and... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6318130 | Liquid cooling of deflectors in a glassware forming system A glassware forming machine system includes an individual section glassware forming machine having a plurality of sections, each with at least one blank mold, and a gob distributor for distributing molten glass gobs to the blank molds of each machine sect... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6282922 | Method of producing molded glasses bodies according to the press molding method, and an apparatus particularly suited for executing this method The method of the invention provides that a predetermined quantity of molten glass necessary for producing molded glass bodies according to the press-molding method is poured into a press mold prior to the insertion of the molding plug while the press mol... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6170295 | I.S. machine An I.S. glass forming machine has a plurality of individual sections each including a section frame. A deflector adjuster support is secured to and extends vertically upwardly from each of the section frames and a deflector adjuster is mounted on each of ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6038888 | Apparatus for delivering glass gobs in a glass forming machines A glass gob delivery system for conveying gobs of molten glass from an oscillating gob delivery chute to a blank mold of a glass container forming machine of the I.S. type. The delivery system comprises an elongate trough that extends downwardly from an i... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6032492 | I.S. machine An I.S. glass forming machine is disclosed which has a plurality of individual sections each having a parison mold including a cavity having a first vertical axis. There is a trough assembly for each of the mold cavities which includes a deflector definin... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5961680 | Internally cooled glass gob deflector A deflector assembly for conveying gobs of molten glass to a glass forming machine, the deflector assembly having a longitudinally extending deflector formed from a suitable metallic material by casting with a cross-sectional configuration of a downwardly... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5935287 | Gob delivery apparatus for I.S. glassware forming machine A gob delivery apparatus in which gobs of molten glass are conducted from a gob feeder through a gob delivery system into a mold of an I.S. glassware forming machine. The gob delivery system includes a scoop, a substantially flat slide member and a deflec... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5917106 | Method and apparatus for introducing glass gobs into a glass container forming machine A gob of molten glass from a gob delivery system is introduced into a blank mold of a glass container forming machine of the individual section type by way loading funnel immediately upstream of an opening into the blank mold. The loading funnel has an up... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5895514 | Glass gob distributor and oil lubrication system therefor A gob distributor for distributing gobs of molten glass from an orifice of a glass melter feeder bowl to a plurality of delivery chutes, each of which leads to a section of a glass forming machine of the individual section type, said gob distributor inclu... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5888267 | Channel arrangement for glass gob to a mold A gob distributor has an outlet from which issues a gob that is fed via a channel arrangement to a mold having an upwardly open inlet mouth. The channel arrangement has a central trough having an inlet adjacent and aligned with the distributor outlet and ... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5846283 | Delivery apparatus for a glassware forming machine Gobs of molten glass fall in succession into a scoop which can be swivelled about a vertical axis and which supplies gobs to a delivery system, for example, of an I.S. glassware forming machine. The gobs travel along a path of movement from the scoop to a... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5824129 | Gob delivery apparatus for a glassware forming machine Gobs of molten glass fall in succession into a scoop which can be swivelled about a vertical axis and which supplies gobs to a delivery system, for example, of an I.S. glassware forming machine. The gobs travel along a path of movement from the scoop to a... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5746798 | Control of glass gob delivery for simultaneous arrival at blank molds A method and apparatus are provided for controlling the delivery of multiple gobs to the blank molds of a glass forming machine having multiple cavities or sections, wherein multiple gobs are delivered from a glass feeder to plural scoops that are oscilla... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5738701 | Glass gob production device and production method A glass gob production device for producing a glass gob from molten glass. The glass gob production device has a crucible which accommodates molten glass, a nozzle one end of which is connected to the crucible and from the other end of which the molten gl... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5728188 | Glass gob distributor zeroing fixture and method of orienting a glass gob distributor A method of accurately circumferentially orienting the output shaft of each of a plurality of oscillating gob distribution device units (S) with respect to one another and with respect to a support device (T) used to support a plurality of gob chutes. A f... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5683485 | Glass gob distributor and oil lubrication system therefor A gob distributor for distributing gobs of molten glass from an orifice of a glass melter feeder bowl to a plurality of delivery chutes, each of which leads to a section of a glass forming machine of the individual section type, said gob distributor inclu... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5637128 | Gob distributor for glassware forming machines or for other materials A gob distributor for glassware forming machines which include at least one curved distribution scoop mounted on a vertical turning shaft, for each one of the gobs which are simultaneously fed by a feeder. A housing which having at least one gear which tu... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5599370 | GOB delivery apparatus for a glassware forming machine 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 ... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5573570 | Glass gob shearing apparatus A parallel shear apparatus (10) for sequentially shearing each of a plurality of streams of molten glass (A,B,C, D) from a glass feeder into gobs for processing into glass containers by a glass forming machine. The apparatus (10) has first and second oppo... | 11/12/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5511593 | Glass gob drop guide funnel assembly A graphite funnel inserted into a metal funnel support sleeve guides hot glass gobs from a furnace to the glass blowing mold. The graphite insert is adjustable by set screws and is easily repositioned. The graphite insert has an outer diameter slightly le... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5458668 | Gob distributing apparatus of bottle forming machine A bottle making machine includes a gob distributing apparatus in which a plurality of molds are arranged in a plurality of rows with equal spaces with each other and a plurality of chutes are arranged at entrance portions of respective molds. The apparatu... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5405424 | Servo controlled glass gob distributor A molten glass gob distributor for a glass container manufacturing system that includes a plurality of gob discharges and a plurality of scoops for receiving gobs from each such discharge and distributing the gobs among a plurality of troughs leading to a... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5401288 | Deflector plate support A deflector plate support includes a support body having an integral frame-like construction and a first end portion and a second end portion each of which are connected to a perpendicularly disposed border that is connected to an inwardly extending wall ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5394910 | Glass gob drop guide funnel assembly A graphite funnel inserted into a metal funnel support sleeve guides hot glass gobs from a furnace to the glass blowing mold. The graphite insert is adjustable by set screws and is easily repositioned. The graphite insert has an outer diameter slightly le... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5298049 | Trough system A trough system for the delivery of a gob of molten glass from a gob distributor to a parison mould cavity in a glassware forming machine comprises a trough assembly comprising an upwardly facing inclined trough which is arranged to receive a gob from a s... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5271756 | Machine for forming glass containers An I.S. machine is made up of a plurality of independent individual sections for receiving gobs of molten glass and for forming the gobs into glass containers. A gob distributor delivers gobs to the sections. The controller of these sections and the gob d... | 12/21/1993 |
