Patent ID: 6032493
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: C03B

Abstract:
A machine having a plurality of identical glass forming sections rotating about a vertical central axis each processing a gob of molten glass into a parison and then into a piece of ware each complete revolution of the section, each of said sections comprisinga blank mold displaceable between a parison forming position and a retracted position,means for displacing said blank mold from the parison forming position to the retracted position including a source of blank mold down air,a plunger displaceable from an elevated position down to the parison forming position,means for displacing said plunger from the elevated position to the parison forming position including a source of plunger down air,a neck ring assembly including an air motor,a source of air motor air,a blow mold displaceable between open and closed positions, andmeans for displacing said blow mold including a cam having blow mold closed and blow mold open segments,a first valve receiving air from said source of air motor air, said first valve includingan actuator shiftable between closed and open positions,a lever carrying a cam follower for following said cam and for displacing said actuator from the open position to the closed position when said cam follower moves from said blow mold open cam segment to said blow mold closed cam segment, andmeans for operating said air motor from the time that said blank mold begins its displacement from the parison forming position to the retracted position until the time when the blow mold begins its displacement from the open position to the closed position includinga bistable valve having first and second positions for connecting said source of blank mold down air to said air motor when said bistable valve is at the first position,said bistable valve receiving air from said first valve when said cam follower transfers from said open blow mold segment to said closed blow mold segment to shift the bistable valve to the second position, andsaid bistable valve receiving said plunger down air to shift the bistable valve to the first position.