Patent ID: 9212083
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
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 located therein; at least one hollow shielding tube extending through an opening in the top surface of the enclosure and an opening in the bottom surface of the enclosure, wherein the at least one shielding tube has two rectangular slots located therein which slots are located directly opposite each other, wherein the at least one shielding tube is arranged and configured to allow the free falling gobs to pass freely therethrough without contacting the at least one shielding tube when the enclosure is mounted such that the at least one shielding tube is in the path of the free falling gobs; a source of a liquid-based lubricating dispersion for lubricating the gobs; a plurality of nozzles mounted in or adjacent to the enclosure at opposite sides thereof, each of the nozzles being arranged and configured to direct a spray of the lubricating dispersion therefrom into the slots in the at least one shielding tube and onto the free falling gobs as they pass through the at least one shielding tube 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.