Abstract: A control system for controlling displacement of a member in a glassware forming machine. A pneumatic piston drives the member and is controlled by a computer which defines a motion profile. The difference, at any moment, between the demanded position and the actual position is determined and an error signal is defined based on the difference signal and the momentary velocity and acceleration.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing glass containers in a section of an I.S. machine. A gob of molten glass is delivered to a blank mold to be formed into a parison. The formed parison is then transferred to a blow mold so that an initial blowing operation can be performed to stabilize the parison. The blow mold with the stabilized parison is then transferred linearly to a final station where the parison is blown into the container.

Abstract: A section of an I.S. machine for manufacturing glass containers. A gob of molten glass is delivered to a blank mold to be formed into a parison. The formed parison is then transferred to a blow mold so that an initial blowing operation can be performed to stabilize the parison. The blow mold with the stabilized parison is then transferred linearly to a final station where the parison is blown into the container.

Abstract: 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 the mechanism to a supply of operating air, and a sleeve for permitting a change of length of the pipe so that adjustment of the mechanism can be accommodated.

Abstract: A system for manufacturing glass and plastic containers is disclosed which has at least two computers connected by a network or more than one network. Each computer has a local virtual network process which establishes a connection with the other node, notifies that other node when its database(s) are open or closed and establishes a connection of its own database(s) so that a node can transparently communicate with any other node on its network or on any connected network.

Abstract: A cyclical machine for forming at least one glass container each machine cycle comprising a plurality of controllers for controlling regulators and/or profiled motion actuators, at least one displaceable structure, controllers controlling the operation of all the other controllers, each of the controllers including repetitive sequencer and operable in any of a plurality of states, the one controller determines the critical time when each of the states should begin, and instructs each of the other controllers to begin any of the states at the associated determined critical time.

Abstract: A machine for inspecting a glass bottle comprising a bottle supporting track, a car for conveying a bottle along the track to a bottle inspection station. The car includes rollers for rotatably engaging one side of the bottle and a wall mechanism forcefully engages the other side of the bottle as it is conveyed to the bottle inspection station. The wall mechanism includes a pivotally displaceable support, which is biased towards a fully advanced position. Linear bumpers secured to the support extend into the path of a conveyed bottle when the support is at the fully advanced position so that a bottle will engage the linear bumpers and forcefully pivotally displace the support to a retracted position as the bottle is conveyed to the inspection station. The length of the linear bumpers is selected so that when a bottle is conveyed to the inspection station, the bottle will be conveyed past the linear bumpers whereby the support will be displaced back to the fully advanced position.

Abstract: A tube assembly for use in a spout bowl assembly including a bowl for receiving molten glass having a central orifice closed by an orifice plate having one or more openings and a corresponding plurality of vertically reciprocating plungers associated with the orifice openings, the tube assembly comprising a tube mounted for rotation about a vertical axis. The tube includes a plurality of vent holes arranged horizontally around the tube, and a heat baffle including a cylindrical side wall and a bottom wall for closing the cylindrical side wall, an opening in the bottom wall for accommodating one or more reciprocating plungers. The bottom wall includes a downwardly projecting conical surface extending substantially around the bottom wall, and the heat baffle mounted so that the conical surface is horizontally adjacent the tube vent holes.

Abstract: A method of adjusting the height of the takeout mechanism in a glassware forming machine comprises setting a takeout arm of the mechanism at a predetermined angle by use of a jig member adjusting a piston and cylinder device so that it is in a predetermined lowermost position when the takeout arm is so set, using a second jig member appropriate to the desired height of the takeout mechanism with respect to a set of moulds, setting the whole mechanism to the appropriate height and adjusting a scale to indicate the height to which the mechanism is set.

Abstract: A valve block assembly for supplying air under pressure to an air operated mechanism of a glass container manufacturing machine comprising a valve block body, conduit means defined in the valve block body, a valve for controlling the flow of air under pressure to the conduit means and means for preventing the pressurization of the conduit means including a hole in the valve body block communicating with the conduit means, a sealing plug located within the hole, an axial bore in the sealing plug, an elongated pin slidingly received within the axial bore, one end of the pin being located within the conduit means and the other end of the pin being located outside of the block, a cylindrical member coaxially secured to the one end of the pin a cylindrical control plug having an axial bore through which the pin extends and a cylindrical recess for receiving the cylindrical member, sealing means for preventing the leakage of air between the pin and the control plug, sealing means for preventing the leakage of air b

Abstract: A mould mechanism for use in a glassware forming machine comprise two mould arms which are mounted on a single transverse rod. The rod is of hardened steel, one of the mould arms is secured to a cast iron sleeve which slides on the rod, the other to a hardened steel sleeve which slides on the cast iron sleeve. A slide member on each mould arm engages a horizontal slideway and is adjustable to determine the position of the mould arms.

Abstract: 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 hardened steel sleeve which slides on the cast iron sleeve. A slide member on each mold arm engages a horizontal slideway and is adjustable to determine the position of the mold arms.

Abstract: An I.S. machine system has a number of mechanisms which are driven by an inverter drive and a number of machine and section mechanisms which are driven by profiled motion actuators which are controlled by repetitive sequencers associated with each actuator. These repetitive sequencers are synchronized by taking the reference signal from a master clock which supplies the reference signal to the inverters and converts it to a once/cut sync signal for the machine mechanisms operated by profiled motion actuators and to a once/cycle sync signal for the section mechanisms and controllers.

Abstract: 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 can be fixed in the frame of the machine, a first flexible hanger member extending axially in a bore of the supporting member and a second rigid hanger member fixed to the first flexible member. The trough and the deflector are supported by the second hanger member and small adjustments of their position may be obtained by flexing of the flexible member and movement of the rigid member in the bore of the supporting member.

Abstract: A parison transfer mechanism comprises two neck-ring arms which are mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis, which axis is inclined to a central axis of a section in which the mechanism is mounted. This allows for several arrangements of pairs of such mechanisms in a section so that the two mechanisms can operate independently of each other.

Abstract: A one-way valve of simple construction comprises a body provided with appropriate bores and four legs. A ball is positioned between the legs which are then bent towards each other to retain the ball in the body.

Abstract: An adapter for use in securing a plunger assembly to a screw threaded upper end portion of a piston rod in a parison forming mechanism in a glassware forming machine has a sleeve with a wall portion which is provided with a strip supported only at spaced end portions thereof formed by two segmental slots in the wall portion and screw device for deflecting the strip to lock the adapter in position.

Abstract: A valve block assembly for controlling the flow of operating air to air operated mechanisms of a section of an I.S. machine comprising at least one valve block including a plurality of valves, each of the valves having an inlet chamber for receiving operating air, a conduit associated with each valve for directing operating air away from the valve towards the air operated mechanisms or for directing exhaust air from the air operated mechanism to the valve, and an exhaust channel for directing exhaust air away from the valves, and a manifold including means for supplying operating air to the inlet chambers, an exhaust channel for receiving exhaust air from the valve block exhaust channel, and a corresponding plurality of conduits communicating with the valve block conduits for delivering exhaust air from the air operated mechanisms to the valve block conduits or for directing operating air received from the valve block conduits towards the air operated mechanisms.

Abstract: A pusher has one or more pockets for receiving glass containers like bottles. Each pocket is defined by a corner between a finger and a side portion. To positively locate the bottles in their pockets, a jet of air is directed at each bottle proximate the heel in a direction from the finger surface towards the corner so that the bottle will be forcefully pulled into the corner and held there.