Patent ID: 6494061
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: C03B,Y02P

Abstract:
A trough assembly for conveying gobs of formable glass along a downwardly inclined path from an oscillating distributor of an I.S. glass container forming machine, said trough assembly comprising:a trough member having a configuration, in cross-section, generally corresponding to that of an upwardly facing V with an opposed pair of legs joined, at bottom ends thereof, in a rounded bight, the legs being spaced apart, at upper free ends, by a greater distance than a width of a largest gob in a wide range of gob sizes to be passed through the trough assembly, the bight having a radius smaller than a smallest size of the gobs in the range of gob sizes, the trough member being metallic in composition throughout the bight; a manifold underlying the trough member and extending for a substantial distance along the trough member, the manifold having a configuration, in cross-section, of an upwardly facing U, the trough member being inserted in the manifold partly to a bottom thereof; and means for causing compressed or fan air to flow into the manifold to cool the trough member.