Patent ID: 8240171
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: B08B,C03B

Abstract:
1. A glassware manufacturing machine comprising: a number of adjacent forming sections, each for forming a relative article, each forming section comprising molds, each having two half-molds; an actuator assembly to move the half-molds with respect to each other between a closed position, in which an inner surface of each mold defines a seat for a mass of glass, and an open position, in which removal of the mass of glass is permitted; a processing member common to all the sections and for treating the inner surfaces of said molds; suction means including a suction hood associated with the processing member to aspirate the substances exhausted by treating said inner surfaces; and a drive mechanism including a controller configured to move the processing member and said suction means between the molds of said forming sections, the drive mechanism including: the controller is configured to move at least said suction means, with respect to each mold, between a withdrawn rest position, and a forward suction position in which said suction means is positioned facing a vertical mating line of said half-molds to communicate with the inside of said cavity when the half-molds are in the open position.