Patent ID: 7698907
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: C03B

Abstract:
1. A glassware mold assembly that includes a pair of mold halves adapted to be mounted on a molding machine to bring the mold halves together to form a mold cavity, each of said mold halves including: a semi-cylindrical mold element having a longitudinal dimension, an inner surface for cooperating with an inner surface of the mold element of the other mold half to form said mold cavity having an axis parallel to said longitudinal dimension, and an outer surface with a plurality of fins extending parallel to said longitudinal dimension, said fins having outer edges and longitudinal spaces between said fins, a part-cylindrical mold holder section having an inner portion to which said mold element is mounted, an outer portion with a hanger flange for mounting said mold assembly on a molding machine and an air passage that opens at said inner portion adjacent to said outer edges of said fins, and a perforated screen mounted between said air passage in said mold holder section and said fins on said mold element, said perforated screen being disposed adjacent to said outer edges of said fins and controlling distribution of air from said air passage in said holder to said spaces between said fins.