Patent ID: 6349571
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: C03B

Abstract:
A pushout mechanism for transferring bottles from a deadplate of an I.S. machine section to a conveyor having a finger assembly including inner and outer pockets and pivotally mounted motor means secured to the finger assembly for linearly displacing the finger assembly between retracted and advanced positions and rotatively displacing the finger assembly between deadplate and conveyor positions so that bottles deposited on a deadplate can be transferred by rotating an advanced finger assembly from the deadplate position to the conveyor location, to the conveyor with the axis of each bottle on the bottle center line of the conveyor, comprisingeach of said inner and outer pockets including air directing means for directing air to hold a bottle located within the pocket against the pocket, first pressurized air supply means including a first control valve for supplying pressurized air to the air directing means of the inner pocket, second pressurized air supply means including a second control valve for supplying pressurized air to the air directing means of the outer pocket, and control means for opening said first control value when the outer pocket is located over the deadplate and turning off said first control value at a first time when the bottle in the outer pocket is on the conveyor, and for opening said second control value when the inner pocket is located over the deadplate and turning off said second control value at a second time when the bottle in the inner pocket is on the conveyor.