Patent ID: 9067817
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: C03B

Abstract:
1. A system for applying a lubricant to free falling hot glass gobs prior to the distribution and loading of the gobs into respective blank molds in an I.S. machine, the system comprising: an enclosure comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, and side walls extending between the top surface and the bottom surface, the top surface and the bottom surface having corresponding openings therein, wherein the openings in the top surface and the bottom surface are arranged and configured in the top surface and the bottom surface to allow the free falling gobs to pass freely through the openings in the enclosure without contacting the enclosure when the enclosure is mounted in the path of the free falling gobs; a source of a liquid-based lubricating dispersion for lubricating the gobs; a plurality of nozzles being mounted in or adjacent to the enclosure, each of the nozzles being arranged and configured to direct a spray of the lubricating dispersion therefrom into the enclosure and onto the free falling gobs as they pass through the enclosure to substantially completely coat the gobs with the lubricating dispersion sprayed from the nozzles; and a pump system for pumping the lubricating dispersion from the source of the lubricating dispersion to the nozzles mounted in the enclosure.