Abstract: In an apparatus for removing molten glass from a bath through a taphole in the wall of a vessel containing the bath, and transporting the molten glass to a processing station, a lance can be moved through the taphole and dipped into the molten glass to pick up glass with the tip portion of the lance. The lance is connected to a connecting element of an operating arrangement by first pivot means and the connecting element is mounted on a support of the operating arrangement by a second pivot spaced from the first pivot. The two pivots have mutually parallel horizontal axes and, to provide for unimpeded pivotal movement of the lance about the first pivot and of the connecting element about the second pivot, the pivots are displaced relative to each other such that the lance is pivotable in a first vertical plane and the connecting element is pivotable in a second vertical plane which is spaced from the first vertical plane.

Abstract: In a turret press for moulding glass, a turntable is equipped with a plurality of equally circumferentially spaced mould-receiving stations which move past stationary operating stations comprising at least one glass charging station, at least one glass pressing station and at least one product withdrawing station. The turntable is driven by a Maltese cross mechanism connected to a continuously running motor by a clutch and brake device. Scanners provided for uncoupling and braking the Maltese cross mechanism are disposed at each said operating station to co-operate with actuators of the mould-receiving stations on the turntable. Any one actuator is operative to co-operate with the scanners only when a mould is present at the respective mould-receiving station.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mounting plate, by means of which the lower part of the compression mould in a press, in particular a glass press, can be fixed on a carrier plate. A mounting plate of this type has a coolant path defined by a cavity in the form of a spiral coolant channel which runs approximately parallel to the bottom and top faces of the mounting plate, from the central region thereof towards its periphery. In this way, more heat may be removed by the coolant from the central region of the compression mould than from its peripheral region which is in any case more strongly affected by the cooling action from the outside. As a result, a more homogeneous temperature distribution is obtained in the mould.