Patent ID: 9731991
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: C03B

Claim:
1. Method of filling a mould with a glass gob through an opening of the mould, for forming a glass product in the mould, by using a delivery system for delivering the glass gob to the opening of the mould, the delivery system having an inlet, an outlet, and a guide, the method comprising the steps of: a) depositing the glass gob in the inlet of the delivery system; b) guiding the glass gob by using the guide towards the outlet of the delivery system; c) depositing the glass gob from the outlet of the delivery system in the opening of the mould; d) observing the glass gob, at at least one moment after the glass gob has passed the inlet of the delivery system, by using an optical imaging device; and e) determining, based on the observing in step d), a glass gob observation result that includes a glass gob velocity, wherein the determined glass gob velocity comprises a magnitude and a three-dimensional direction of the glass gob velocity, characterized in that f) the glass observation result that includes glass gob velocity is used for controlling, based on at least the glass gob velocity of the glass gob observation result, at least one of depositing as in step a), guiding as in step b), and depositing as in step c), of a next glass gob that is formed later than the glass gob.