Abstract: A handling unit for hollow glass articles includes a plurality of fingers, each configured to engage a corresponding hollow glass article in correspondence of a gripping area and to drag the article along a connection trajectory between a gripping position and a release position, a displacement mechanism of the plurality of fingers between the gripping position and the release position, wherein each finger of the plurality includes a nozzle which can be supplied by means of pressurized air and arranged in correspondence of the gripping area, the nozzle being configured for the ejection of air in a direction tangent with respect to the gripping area so as to set a depression in correspondence of the gripping area to hold a hollow glass article arranged in the gripping area itself, the handling unit being characterized in that it includes at least two control units of the supply airflow of the nozzles, wherein each control unit of the airflow is configured to control at least one corresponding nozzle indepen

Abstract: A dispenser of gobs of molten glass for a hollow-glass forming machine includes a supporting frame and a plurality of distributor scoops carried by the supporting frame and mounted oscillating about corresponding axes of rotation. Each distributor scoop is configured for conveying a gob of molten glass to corresponding parison moulds of a hollow-glass forming machine. The dispenser includes a plurality of motors configured for operating the plurality of distributor scoops about the corresponding axes of rotation. In addition, each motor of the plurality is operatively connected for operation to at least one scoop of the plurality of distributor scoops.