Patent ID: 6766664
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: C03B

Abstract:
A takeout mechanism for gripping a bottle formed at the blow station of an I.S. machine and removing it from the blow station and depositing the gripped bottle at a deposit location, wherein the bottle has an upper neck portion and a lower body portion comprisinga takeout head assembly including gripper means for gripping a bottle, a takeout arm for supporting said takeout head assembly, support means for supporting said takeout arm for displacement between a pick-up position and the deposit position, first displacement means for displacing said takeout arm between said pick-up and deposit positions, said takeout head assembly further comprising a cooling tube selectively displaceable between an up position and a down position, and second displacement means for displacing said cooling tube from the up position down to the down position and then back up to the up position, an air deflector having an annular, concave surface terminating at the top with a vertically extending post for deflecting air flowing down the cooling tube uniformly radially outwardly and a supporting frame for supporting said air deflector proximate the bottom of said cooling tube.