Abstract: A machine to automatically cut-off one end of a cylindrical hollow glassware article, comprising: a support structure including a shaft; an intermittent rotary driving mechanism mounted on the shaft, providing a plurality of positions corresponding to article charging, cut-off, fire finishing and discharge positions; a lower intermittent rotary table mounted on said shaft and rotary coupled to the intermittent rotary driving mechanism, including a plurality of burners equally distributed on its periphery, to cut-off a leftover piece at a lower end of the article and fire finishing the cut-off end thereof within a cut-off cycle; an upper intermittent rotary table coupled to said lower table, comprising a plurality of chuck supporting and actuating mechanisms, equally mounted thereon, each including a chuck having fingers to grip an upper end of the article at a charging position, bring down the gripped article at a cut-off position placing its leftover piece in a burner to be cut-off and fire finished and lift

Abstract: An improved glassware article forming machine employing a hollow arm, one end of which is rigidly carried at the upper end of the vertical hollow shaft, the other end of each hollow arm being provided with a glassware article receiving chuck, and including mechanism for imparting vertical movement to the hollow shaft and associated arm, and mechanism for imparting oscillatory movement to the hollow shaft associated arm, and mechanism for supplying an adjustable amount of air through the hollow shaft and associated hollow arm for circulation into the chuck and about the hot glassware article received from a blow mold to provide an air cushion on which the glassware article will ride while providing cooling for said hot glassware article throughout its vertical and oscillatory movement to a takeout position.