Patent ID: 6047567
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: C03B,Y10T

Abstract:
A multiple gob glass shearing device comprising:a carriage;a first double-ended shear blade, said first shear blade having a free end and an opposed end, said free end having a plurality of side-by-side shearing surfaces, said first shear blade further having a spaced apart plurality of fastener receiving openings extending therethrough at locations adjacent said opposed end, said first shear blade having an upper side and an under side and a plurality of partial depth recesses in said under side of said shear blade;a second double-ended shear blade, said second shear blade being opposed to said first shear blade and being mounted slightly out of parallel with said first shear blade and having a free end and an opposed end, said free end of said second shear blade having a plurality of side by side shearing surfaces, said side by side shearing surfaces of said second blade being received in said partial depth recesses of said first shear blade when said first shear blade and said second shear blade are in partly overlapping, glass shearing relationship with one another; anda plurality of fasteners, each fastener extending through one of said plurality of fastener receiving openings, said fasteners serving to removably secure said first double-ended shear blade to said carriage.