Abstract: A take-out mechanism for removing articles of glassware from a glassware forming machine comprises an arm turnable about a horizontal axis, a support (10) mounted on the arm, orientating means to maintain the orientation of the support as the arm turns, a tong carrier (14) and securing means securing the tong carrier to the support. The securing means comprising mating portions (10b,14b) having mating surfaces (10c,14c) and at least one projection (18) arranged to enter a recess (20) so that the surfaces can only mate in a particular desired orientation, and a screw (22) captive in the carrier and arranged to enter a threaded recess (24) in the support.

Abstract: An apparatus for changing bushings in a glass melting furnace is disclosed. A support attached to the furnace holds the bushings beneath an opening in the forehearth. A replacement bushing is placed in the framework, translated next to the operating bushing, brought to operating thermal condition and then both bushings are translated until the replacement bushing is beneath the opening in forehearth. This eliminates the need to freeze the molten glass within the bushing.

Abstract: The plunger mechanism is for use in moving a plunger into or out of a mould cavity and has a piston movable in a cylinder with a piston rod projecting from the piston. A plunger can be mounted on the piston rod. A passage passes through the piston and the piston rod and communicates with a chamber in the plunger or with the mould cavity. A tube which can be connected to a source of air under pressure or to a vacuum source passes through the cylinder and enters the passage. The gap between the passage and the tube is sealed by an inwardly-contracting ring with an overlapping joint which makes sealing contact around the tube. A ring of resilient material may encircle the inwardly-contracting ring to seal the gap between the inwardly-contracting ring and the wall of a recess in which it is mounted.

Abstract: The plunger comprises a base portion adapted to be mounted on a piston rod and a tip portion which has a glass-engaging surface and a projection which enters a recess in the base portion. A generally cylindrical passage is defined by the base portion and the projection of the tip portion, the portion of the wall of the passage defined by the base portion being screw-threaded. A screw-threaded member is threadedly received in the passage and serves to retain the tip portion on the base portion by engaging a lip of the projection which projects across a portion of the passage.

Abstract: A support for a mould portion comprises an upwardly-facing recess into which a hook portion of the mould portion is received. The support further comprises a projection which enters a slot in the mould portion to prevent transverse movement thereof. The support also comprises a locking member, movable into an operative position in which it projects over an upwardly-facing surface of the mould portion and prevents upwards movement thereof, and moving means for moving the locking member between its operative position and an out-of-the-way position thereof.

Abstract: A fin cooler clamp useable to quickly release and attach a fin cooler to a bushing frame is disclosed. A fin support bracket having a downwardly acing U-shaped channel is attachable to the bushing frame. A fin adjusting housing snap fits into the channel and can be quickly removed therefrom. A fin attaching block is adjustably carried at the forward end of the fin adjusting housing, and a fin block, to which the header block of the fin cooler is secured, is attached to the fin attaching block. Adjusting screws are provided to vary the inclination of the cooling fins, to tilt the fins from a vertical plane and to move the fin cooler along the length of the bushing assembly in either direction.

Abstract: The invention involves a fiber glass bushing which is provided with a plurality of tubular feed inlets, through a top cover chamber, which by means of controlled introduction of a gaseous medium allows a gaseous void to be maintained above the glass level in the bushing. The gas void allows easy removal of the bushing from the forehearth and the tubes provide a means of stopping glass flow from forehearth during bushing removal without requiring severe cooling of the surrounding ceramics. Flexibility in glass feed to the bushing for optimum conditions is also possible.

Abstract: In a rolling machine for continuously manufacturing rolled plates of glass or glass ceramics, in which the two shaping rolls can be changed during operation without interrupting the flow of glass, the two shaping rolls together with at least one replacement roll are disposed in a respective change-over device rotatable around a shaft which is symmetrical relative to all the rolls. To enable both shaping rolls to be rapidly changed during operation, the change-over device for the top shaping roll has a device for rapidly raising and lowering the change-over device and thus raising or lowering the top shaping rolls.

Abstract: In apparatus for molding glass bottles having externally threaded necks, neck ring mold halves are given greatly increased life between down time, as well as increased ease of service, by machining away the threaded cavity portion below the well which accommodates the guide ring, so as to provide a somewhat rectangular recess in the bottom portion of each mold half, and inserting and securing in each mold half a sintered metal threaded cavity insert. Where a double lead thread is utilized, the inserts may be identical in each mold half. Great precision is afforded to the inserts when formed oversize by pressing in a direction perpendicular to with the parting plane, the oversized outer edge surface being then machined parallel to the parting plane to fit precisely within the recess.

Abstract: A mold gauging device and a method for gauging a mold is disclosed wherien a false mold having vertically adjustable gauges therein is positioned between a mold hinge in substitution for a mold to be set therein and with other alignment means placed on the false mold measurements are made of the mold to be set therein to its other cooperating mechanisms, which mechanisms are then adjusted to their proper positions.

Abstract: In a flat glass melting and forming installation, the threshold between a melting furnace and a forming chamber is supported on movable cart means to expedite installation and removal of the threshold.

Abstract: A work table in a glass forming unit in apparatus for producing hollow glass articles has an orifice plate which is loosely fitted in a recess of the work table. Therefore, the orifice plate can be removed or mounted on the work table instantly while the orifice plate is firmly secured to the work table during the operation of the work table because the orifice plate expands by the heat of the handled molten glass to be friction-fitted in the recess. The orifice plate is formed of material having a coefficient of thermal expansion equal to, or relatively larger than, that of the work table.

Abstract: A system for in situ repair of the bottom refractory of a chamber holding molten metal is disclosed. The system utilizes a weighted refractory block which is put in place through the molten metal. The repair is suitable for the bottom refractories of a forming chamber for float glass formation.

Abstract: A tong head assembly used in glass molding equipment is disclosed which includes a pair of scissors assemblies and a pneumatic cylinder, piston and piston rod assembly directly interconnected to each of the scissors assemblies.

Abstract: An easily removable unit connecting a pressurized gasifier vessel with a slag quenching chamber, wherein the unit consists of a flanged cylindrical tube arranged to carry the slag tap, burner and all services, supplies, electrical cables to and from the gasifier.

Abstract: Improved corrosion resistant cooling tube support members are provided for fiberizing bushings used to make fibers from molten inorganic material such as glass. The support members allow an operator to replace defective cooling tubes relatively easily without cooling down the bushing and without requiring assistance from a second operator.

Abstract: A retrofit repair assembly for tong head assemblies used in glass molding equipment is disclosed which includes a pneumatic cylinder, piston and piston rod assembly directly interconnected to the scissors assembly and pneumatically interconnected to the original cylinder following removal and scrapping of the original piston, piston rod, cross head and plunger assemblies of the tong head assembly.

Abstract: A drive system is disclosed which is particularly suitable for use in the glass industry. The drive system is for a plurality of conveying mechanisms to support and to move a load which may be discrete glass objects or a strip or sheet of glass. An electrical line shaft is created by using a plurality of squirrel cage synchronous motors which are connected to drive the conveying mechanisms, whether they be transfer mechanisms for discrete objects or rolls for conveying the strip of glass. One or more electrical inverters supply power to the motors so that not only are the motors operated in synchronism but also in phase register. Thus where discrete glass objects are conveyed the phase register of the transfer mechanisms between glass machines prevents glass breakage, and where rolls are conveying a strip of float glass, the phase register prevents difference in phase rotation of the rolls which could mar the surface of the float glass.

Abstract: Continuous inorganic fibers such as glass fibers are made by drawing molten material from orifices in the bottom of a refractory bushing. Occasionally during operation one or more tips will become clogged by unmelted particles in the molten material. These clogged tips will no longer produce a continuous fiber, but instead drip causing defects and breakouts which must be corrected. In the past, several methods have been tried to plug off these clogged tips, but none have been successful. The present invention involves a method of plugging a clogged tip while the bushing is at an elevated temperature using a small refractory plug. The present invention permits the bushing to be operated for its normal life thus producing a significant improvement in operating costs.

Abstract: The neck ring arms of a Hartford I. S. type glassware forming machine section are adapted to be oscillated between a blank and a blow station, and also to move toward and away from one another in order to cooperate with one another and with a blank mold at the blank side of the machine, and to release a partially formed parison at the blow side of such a machine. In a triple gob configuration, where three such neck ring molds are provided, cartridges are disclosed for conveniently mounting the six neck ring mold segments for quick assembly with the associated neck ring arms. The cartridges can be quickly removed with a minimum downtime to the machine section, and the neck ring mold segments bench-assembled in the cartridge at the leisure of the machine operator.