Patent ID: 6241448
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: C03B,Y10S

Abstract:
A takeout mechanism for removing a plurality of glass containers from molds at a section of a glass container forming machine of the individual section type, said takeout mechanism comprising:a plurality of tong assemblies, one of said tong assemblies for each of the glass containers to be removed, each of said tong assemblies comprising;a fixed member, extending in a given directionlinkage means carried by said fixed member for opening and closing an opposed pair of tongs,an opposed pair of tongs carried by said linkage means and being pivotable with respect to said linkage means,means for adjustably securing said opposed tongs to said linkage means to permit spacing between said opposed pair of tongs and said fixed member to be adjusted solely in a direction extending parallel to the given direction; andmeans connected to each of said plurality of tong assemblies for moving said plurality of said tong assemblies in unison;wherein each of said opposed pair of tongs is pivotable with respect to said linkage means about a common axis, and wherein said each said tong assemblies further comprises;threaded means separate from the means for adjustably securing, said threaded means carried by only one tong of each of said opposed pair of tongs and for engaging said fixed member to adjust the position of said opposed tongs, in unison, in a plane extending transversely of the orientation of said fixed member.