Abstract: Method and apparatus for pressing a parison. A parison mold is composed of neck tool halves and parison mold halves. A gob of molten glass had first been introduced through an upper loading orifice into a cavity of the parison mold, while a pressing plunger was located in a lower loading position. An assembly consisting of a pressing element, a guide sleeve and a piston-cylinder unit was introduced into the loading orifice. Subsequently the pressing plunger was raised from its loading position into the illustrated upper end operating position until its annular end face had moved into position against a stop surface of the neck tool. Following the preliminary pressing process a neck chamber in the cavity is still free from molten glass. It is only at this point that the pressing element exerts pressure on a base of the parison which is being produced. The molten glass is also pressed into the hitherto still free neck chamber of the cavity.

Abstract: The apparatus serves for pushing at least one of two hollow glass articles from a dead plate of a glass forming machine onto a conveyor belt. A pusher serves for this purpose, and includes a base portion and, for each glass article which is to be pushed, at least one thrust finger extending transversely to the base portion. Each thrust finger defines with the base portion a pocket for receiving the glass article. A nozzle is arranged in the region of a corner of the associated pocket. From each nozzle compressed air can be blown such that a pressure below atmospheric pressure which draws the glass article into the pocket is created between the pusher and the glass article. The compressed air is blown from the corner out between the base portion and the glass article.

Abstract: Each glass gob is severed by a shear blade pair (6; 9). The shear blades (7, 8; 10, 11) are arranged on shear arms (12, 13) whose movement is synchronized with each other by means of a gear mechanism (16) A first shear arm (12) is drivable pivotably by a drive means (36), while a second shear arm (13) is supported by an air spring (28). The drive means (36) is carried on a carriage (39) which is displaceable by piston-cylinder units (48, 49). The drive means (36) drives a crank pin (43) which is connected by means of a coupling rod (44) with the first shear arm (12). By displacement of the carriage (39) one achieves a servicing stroke (34) which is greater than the working stroke (32) of the shears.

Abstract: A cooling arrangement for a forming tool of a machine for forming molten glass or other thermoplastic materials, wherein the forming tool is coolable by a pressure fluid and turnable about a first pivoting axle, includes at least one stationary supply conduit having an outlet opening, a pressure distributing device for the forming tool turnable relative to said supply conduit about the first pivoting axle, and a connecting conduit arranged to connect each supply conduit with the pressure fluid distributing device and having an articulated conduit component turnable about a second pivoting axle which is fixed relative to the pressure fluid distributing device and is parallel to the first pivoting axle, the articulated conduit component having an inlet opening which is in a constant communication with the outlet opening of the supply conduit, the articulated conduit component being displaceable relative to the supply conduit in a displacement plane normal to the pivoting axles.

Abstract: A displacement pick-up arrangement for the position detection of a plunger is a component of a pressing station of a section of an I.S. glass-forming machine in which a plunger is inserted into a mold recess of a parison mold holding a glass gob at this time, and includes a ring-shaped core which is carried by a piston rod mounted to said plunger. The core forms an actuating element for changing the inductivity of a coil which is arranged in a ring-shaped frame between a cylinder and a guiding cylinder for the plunger.

Abstract: A machine for forming a hollow article of vitreous material has a neck mold having a neck ring with a pair of separable neck ring halves, a pair of holding elements each holding a respective one of the neck ring halves, a transporting element for transporting the neck molds along a predetermined path and having guiding bars, a driving element for moving each of the holding elements relative to the guide bars between closed and open end positions with locking of the same, and carriages displaceably mounted on the guide bars, wherein each of the holding elements for holding a respective one of the neck ring halves is releasably connected with one of the carriages.

Abstract: A transfer station of a glass-forming machine includes a depositing plate for receiving at least two transversely spaced glass articles, such as bottles or the like, from the glass-forming machine. The depositing plate is mounted on a vertical shaft for turning therewith about the axis of the latter to move the glass articles thereon from a receiving to a transfer position, and the shaft with the plate is movable in vertical direction into the region of a transfer mechanism arranged to transfer the bottles from the plate to a conveyor adjacent to the plate.

Abstract: A parison is molded from a gob of molten glass by first increasing the volume of the interior of a cup-shaped main mold body by an extra volume. Then the molten-glass gob is inserted through an upper opening into the interior of the main mold body. A neck mold comprising a split neck ring is closed on the main mold body so that the neck mold and the main mold body together define a mold cavity partly formed by the interior of the main mold body. A plunger is inserted through the neck mold down into the gob in the mold cavity to displace molten glass and shape the gob into a parison. The extra volume of the interior of the main mold body is then decreased to zero at the latest until the time at which the parison is finished, so that the molten glass rises in the mold cavity up to a level above the top of the main mold body. Finally the parison thus formed is demolded.

Abstract: A device for detecting unacceptable defects in a neck area of hollow glass articles transported by a feeding element has a light source spaced from a path of feeding of the articles and arranged to illuminate the neck area of the latter, a projecting element arranged to project an image of the neck area of each of the glass articles, an image receiving element arranged to receive the projected image of the neck area and having a plurality of electrooptical elements, wherein the projecting element includes a mirror arranged to project the image of the neck area of each of the articles along a projecting axis which is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the device, and the electrooptical elements are arranged in a circle located in a plane normal to the projecting axis.

Abstract: A device for an intermittent application of a lubrication or a separation liquid to a component part of a glass-forming machine engageable with molten glass, includes an intermittently driven high-pressure pump and a spraying nozzle connected to the pump by a pressure conduit to apply momentarily a cone of atomized lubrication or separation liquid on the machine part at a pressure of at least 100 bars.

Abstract: A method for producing hollow articles from, for instance, plastic or glass in viscous condition by means of at least one multiple mold comprising a plurality of mold elements into which gobs of the material are introduced and subsequently formed and expanded to finished hollow articles during a molding cycle, and in which the center distances of the plurality of mold elements or of part thereof are changed during each molding cycle; and a machine for carrying out the method.

Abstract: A distributing arrangement for a pressurized cooling fluid, especially air, for cooling a forming tool of a machine for forming thermoplastic material, especially molten glass, wherein the forming tool includes at least one split mold including mold segments which are respectively mounted on mold segment holders for movement therewith relative to one another and each of which is provided with a plurality of fluid channels for the flow of the pressurized of fluid channels for the flow of the pressurized cooling fluid therethrough, comprises a fluid distributing box including for each of the mold segments at least two branch channels individually communicating with at least one of the fluid channels when the distributing box is mounted on the mold segment holder.

Abstract: An arrangement for adjusting the mass of gobs of thermoplastic material, especially molten glass, which are deformed in a positive manner in the mold of a molding machine by means of a pressing member which penetrates into the gobs. A distance transducer mechanically detects the maximum depth of penetration reached by the pressing member during each molding-machine operating cycle. The distance transducer is connected with a metallic actuating element for a differential transducer, at whose output is produced an electrical signal proportional to the maximum penetration depth reached, this signal being applied to an automatic regulating circuit which adjusts the setting of a dosing structure which controls the mass of the gobs.

Abstract: A cooling arrangement for use in a machine for treating a thermoplastic material, especially molten glass, for cooling a split forming tool, parts of which are mounted on the machine for pivoting about a first pivoting axle, by a pressurized cooling fluid, especially air, includes at least one supply conduit stationarily mounted on the machine and operative for supplying the cooling fluid, and at least one articulated connecting conduit extending between the supply conduit and a respective fluid distributing means mounted for joint pivoting with the forming tool parts about the first pivoting axle, each articulated connecting conduit having at least two components one of which is pivotally mounted on a second pivoting axle arranged at the supply conduit, and the other of which is connected to the one component by a third pivoting axle for relative pivoting and is pivotally mounted on the fluid distributing means for pivoting relative thereto by a fourth pivoting axle, the first, second, third and fourth pivot

Abstract: A mold has a mold cavity centered on an axis and formed with a plurality of arrays of passages each lying at least approximately in a respective plane including the mold axis. Fluid is passed through these passages in order to cool the mold, and fluid may be passed more rapidly or under greater pressure or under lower temperature through some of the passages than through others in order to increase the cooling effect. Similarly inserts may partially insulate some of the passages for cooling some parts of the mold more or less than others. A plurality of temperature sensors each connected to a respective control valve may serve to control the fluid flow through each of the passages or sets of passages for continuous cooling control.

Abstract: The apparatus includes a photoelectric sensor associated with a predetermined zone of a hollow glass article to be examined for faults. During one testing operation, the photoelectric sensor successively detects all faults in that zone and generates for each a fault signal whose value is dependent upon the characteristics of the fault. The fault signals are applied to a threshold circuit which generates an output signal only when the fault-signal value exceeds a threshold-signal level. The setting-up procedure involves performing at least one preliminary testing operation upon a preselected sample or standard article having acceptable faults. Each threshold-circuit output signal automatically results in a circuit adjustment which reduces by a predetermined amount the extent to which the respective fault-signal value exceeds the threshold-signal level.

Abstract: A moulding tool for a machine for moulding plastic material, especially molten glass, comprises at least one mould middle section divided into a plurality of middle section parts, and operating means having members each carrying with clearance a respective one of the mould middle section parts for opening and closing movements transversely of the longitudinal axis of the mould and transversely guiding the parts in two axially spaced guide planes by means of guide elements.

Abstract: A press-and-blow container making machine wherein one of two rotary tables supports a set of blank molds receiving gobs from a gob feed and the other rotary table supports a set of blow molds serving to convert parisons obtained from the blank molds into finished containers. An endless flexible conveyor carries neck rings which transport parisons from the first table, past a preliminary treating unit and on to the blow mold. The neck rings also transport finished containers away from the blow molds.

Abstract: A machine for forming hollow articles of vitreous material includes at least one forming station provided with at least one forming means and for each forming means a neck ring means carrying a parison and including a pair of neck ring halves and a guide ring coaxially carried by the neck ring halves and rotatable relative thereto. The guide ring which engages the parison at its mouth is rotated to thereby impart to the parison a rotary motion relative to the remainder of its forming means which may comprise a split mold to thereby avoid formation of seams or fins on the finished hollow article and to improve the surface quality thereof.

Abstract: An apparatus for cooling tools of glass-forming machines, especially plungers and molds, in which the tool surface to be cooled is substantially covered by cover means in contact with the tool surface and in which a cooling liquid is applied to the cover means so that the liquid will evaporate and cool the cover means, as well as the tool surface in contact therewith.