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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7698907 | Mold assembly for glass articles A mold assembly (10; 40) for molding a hollow glass article comprising a mold (12) that is made up of a separable pair of mold elements (12a, 12b; 42) and a mold holder (14; 44) that surrounds a portion of the ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7380418 | Continuous forming system for producing lenses A continuous glass forming system includes a forming room and at least one forming unit which is advanced successively through a first loading/unloading station, a first heating station, a first forming station, and a first cooling station which are provided within ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380417 | Continuous forming system for producing lenses A glass forming system includes a first rotating device disposed in a first processing station defining a reception region, a first heating region, a first transfer region and a first cooling region, and a second rotating device disposed in a second processing stati... | 06/03/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6951629 | Blow mold and method for adjusting a blow mold A blow mold (1) for a stretching machine or a glass blowing machine, comprising two mold halves (3, 4) which are pivotably connected by at least one connecting pin (2), and a shutting device and locking device in the form of a closing clamp (... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6807828 | I.S. glass forming machine A mold open and close mechanism for an I.S. machine is provided which separates the drive including the motor and the housing. The drive portion is releasably connected to the housing so that the drive can be easily removed for repair or replacement. ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6807830 | I.S. glass forming machine A mold support mechanism for an I.S. machine has a carrier that is releasably connected to the shaft on which the drive links of a drive are rotatably supported. ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6684665 | Device for driving two mold halves of a glass forming machine Device for driving two mold half holders of a glass molding machine On a glass molding machine (5) holders (2; 3) are pivotally mounted about an axis (4). Each holder (2; 3) has mold tool halves (6; 7). A first joint bar (10) is articulated at a first art... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6668591 | Liquid cooling of glassware molds A system for cooling molds in a glassware forming machine includes a pair of mold arms mounted on a hinge post for movement toward and away from each other, and at least one mold part carried by each mold arm and adapted to cooperate with each other to fo... | 12/30/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6386000 | I.S. machine An I.S. machine is disclosed which has at least one section having a mold station wherein a glass forming operation is performed within a mold which includes an opposed pair of mold halves each of which has a blank diameter which can vary within a selecte... | 05/14/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6253579 | Valve hamper assembly A valve hamper assembly for a glassware machine having a camming surface and a movable follower surface engaging the camming surface. A movable valve is operatively connected to the follower surface. A movement device is operatively connected to the follo... | 07/03/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6170294 | I. S. machine An I.S. Machine for making glass bottles, having a plurality of sections, each having a blank station for forming a parison. Each section has a section frame having a top surface, and a plunger mechanism including at least one plunger canister having a lo... | 01/09/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6038886 | Mold support frame assembly having thermally stable center A mold support frame assembly including a pair of mold support frames between which a connector extends and cooperates with to provide a thermally stable center. Each mold support frame includes a linkage extending between a pair of spaced legs and having... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6009727 | 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... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5974833 | Heat transfer method in glass sheet bending oven and a bending oven A heat transfer method in a glass bending furnace, which has a top array of of successive heating sections (2) and under it a bottom array of successive cooling sections (3), and in which method glass sheets are conveyed on bending molds in mold carrying ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5974836 | Device used for the bending of plate glass into convex shapes A device used for the bending of plate glass sections (3) includes an oven (1), a bending chamber (6), an upper bending mold installed in the bending chamber (6) in such a manner as to be able to be raised and lowered, a duct producing a flow of hot gas i... | 11/02/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5964915 | Mold for forming glassware A mold having a pair of mold halves defining a mold cavity for forming a glass container. There is an inner shell of the mold and an outer shell and a gap therebetween through which cooling gas flows. Heat transfer elements on the inner shell extend later... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5958101 | 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 section frame having a top wall. A pair of mold support mechanisms are supported above the top wall of the section frame for linear displaceme... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5951733 | Mold apparatus and method for vacuum forming glass sheets Glass sheet forming apparatus (12) and a glass sheet forming method utilize a mold (20) having a curved forming face (22) with holes (26) in which a vacuum is drawn to form a glass sheet. A vacuum distributor (48) of the apparatus distributes a vacuum imp... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5938809 | I.S. machine An I.S. machine has a plurality of individual sections arranged in side by side relation. Each section has a blank station for forming a parison from a gob of molten glass, and a blow station for forming a parison into a bottle. An invert and neck ring ho... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5925162 | Mold support assembly for heated glass sheet mold A mold support assembly (28) includes a support (164) located within a heated chamber (22) and having a construction that reduces thermal expansion. A vertical guide (170) located externally of the heated chamber has a vertically movable connection (172) ... | 07/20/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5902370 | Mold opening and closing mechanism for an I S machine A mold opening and closing mechanism for an I.S. machine including a pair of mold support mechanisms supported for displacement between a retracted position and an advanced position where they will engage. A mold support mechanism is displaced by a transm... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5900035 | Glass forming machine blank mold cooling apparatus A hollow parison (P) of a glass container is formed from a gob of molten glass, the parison having a body portion (B) with a closed end and an open end. The body portion of the parison is formed in an annular blank mold (14). The parison also has a finish... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5900034 | Support and actuating mechanism for mold support assembly used for heated glass sheet forming A support and actuating mechanism (30) includes an actuator (244) mounted adjacent a vertical post (242) of a framework (236) and also includes a plurality of connectors (246) extending from the actuator to a mold support assembly (28) located within a he... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5891209 | Mold opening and closing mechanism for an I. S. machine A mold opening and closing mechanism for an I.S. machine which has a pair of mold support mechanisms supported for horizontal displacement between a retracted position and an advanced position. These support mechanisms are linearly displaced by a drive as... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5887450 | 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. A pair of opposed mold holding mechanisms is supported on top of the section frame for linear displacement between a separated retracted position whereat e... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5876476 | I.S. machine An I.S. machine is disclosed which has a plurality of individual sections arranged in side by side relation. Each section has blank mold and blow mold opening and closing mechanisms and an invert and neck ring holder mechanism for transferring a parison b... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5868813 | I. S. machine An I.S. Machine for making glass bottles, having a plurality of sections, each having a blank station for forming a parison. Each section has a section frame having a top surface, and a plunger mechanism including at least one plunger canister having a lo... | 02/09/1999 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5858049 | Plunger mechanism for an I.S. machine A plunger mechanism has a plunger canister module to be mounted on the top wall of a section frame of an I.S. machine. The module includes one, two, three or four plunger canisters each having a vertically extending cylinder having a locating diameter at ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 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 |
