Patent ID: 6345518
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: C03B

Abstract:
A control for a section of an I.S. machine which produces vertically standing bottles having a finish portion at the top thereof with two vertically separated gripable finish portions, the section having a takeout displaceable between advanced and retracted positions, tongs carried by the takeout which can be closed, and an opposed pair of blow molds which can be displaced from a closed position to an open position, comprisinga takeout control for advancing the takeout to either a first â€œinâ€  position for gripping one of the gripable finish portions or a second vertically lower â€œinâ€  position for gripping the other gripable finish portion and for retracting the takeout from either the first or second â€œinâ€  position to a selected â€œoutâ€  position, a tongs control for closing the tongs carried by the takeout, a blow mold control for displacing the blow mold pair to an open position, a normal blow mold cycle sequencer for first operating said takeout control to advance the takeout to the second lower â€œinâ€  position, second operating said blow mold control to displace the pair of blow molds to the open position, and third operating said tongs control to close the tongs, and fourth operating said takeout control to retract the takeout to the â€œoutâ€  position and a preheat blow mold cycle sequencer for first operating said takeout control to advance the takeout to the first â€œinâ€  position, second operating said tongs control to close the tongs, third operating said blow mold control to displace the pair of blow molds to the open position, and fourth operating said takeout control to retract the takeout.