Improvements in Apparatus for Manufacturing Glass Bottles, Jars, and other Hollow, Ware..
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 25th July, 1898-Accepted, 1st Oct., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Manufacturing Glass Bottles, Jars,
and other Hollow, Ware..
I, JOSHUA HORNE, of Bank. Street, Castleford, in the County of York, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
My invention relates to apparatus for manufacturing glass bottles, jars, and other.
hollow ware, in which a revolving frame is employed carrying three turnover motions
and the object of my, invention is to simplify the construction and to enable the
various operations to be performed with greater facility than heretofore, whilst at the:.
same time the quality of the bottles are improved.
According to. my invention, I carry the two sections of the neck ring on two slide.
pieces working in two horizontal slides, and the said slide pieces are provided with
guide pins which work in volute slots in a cam plate which can be turned on its
centre by means of a handle or: lever. The said handle may be actuated: at the*
delivery end of the machine independently, thus enabling the attendant who removes.
the finished bottles to operate same without the assistance of the attendant operating
the moulding mechanism.
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The piston rod of the cylinder for actuating the parison mould is carried through
the opposite end of the cylinder and passes through the axis of the turnover, and
a cross piece which is carried on the end of the piston rod is connected with the
parison mould sections by means of connecting rods. This arrangement enables the
turnovers to be evenly balanced without the assistance of weights, and the parts.
being more compact they are not liable to come in contact with the other parts of
the machine should the turnover be rotated at the wrong time.
Instead of mounting the mould motion on a rocking frame, I mount it on au
horizontal slide, which is moved backwards and forwards by means of an arm: engaging
with the under side of the slide, the said arm being, actuated by means of a vertical
lever. A frame carrying the finishing moulds and the paddle mechanism, is situated*
on the upper ends of the two columns, which are simultaneously adjustable in height
by means of a distance screw. The plunger carrying the paddle is actuated by.
means of a hand lever fulcrumed on the adjustable frame, and a weight is provided.
for balancing the moving parts, thus giving a more sensitive movement to the.
paddle than when the samer is actuated by the foot. The backs of the hingedi
sections of the finishing. mould, are connected by means of adjustable: connecting
links, with two arms carried on geared segments, and one of the segments is z
provided with a lever, the movements of which actuate both segments simultaneously...
This movement is more simple, than that hitherto employed, and the position of
the handle of the lever enables same to be held firmly during the blowing process:
Instead of lubricating the nipple by means of a brush,.I employ a spraying nozzle
which is carried on a hinged tubular..connection: After the bottle is removed from

page_text: the neck rings and the latter are opened, the spray nozzle is lifted towards the
nipple; and this movement turns on a supply of compressed air and oil, thus
causing an oil spray to play on the nipple and effectually lubricate same. On the
release of the hinged spray it falls back to its normal position, at the same time
cutting off the supplies of compressed air and oil.
Improvements in Apparatus for Manufacturing Glass Bottles, Jars,
and other Hollow Ware.
: I, JOSHUA HORNE, of Bank Street, Castleford, in the County of York, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
My invention relates to apparatus for manufacturing glass bottles, jars, and other
hollow ware, in which a revolving frame is employed carrying three turnover motions;
and the object of my invention is to simplify the construction and to enable the
various operations to be performed with greater facility than heretofore, whilst at the
same time the quality of the bottles is improved.
In order that iny invention may be clearly understood, I will proceed to describe
same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters refer to
like parts in all the figures.
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Figure 1 is a front elevation shewing one of the turnover motions in position to
cooperate with the mould motion, and Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.
Figures 3, 4 and 5, are detail views..
A is the central pillar of the machine, and B is the revolving frame carrying the
three turnover motions, the centres of which are indicated in plan by the dotted
lines C Figure 5. The neck ring is composed of two semi-circular pieces D which
are connected by means of brackets D₁ to two slide pieces D2 working in horizontal
slides D³, and the said slide pieces D² are provided with guide pins D4 which work
in volute slots D5 in a cam plate Do, which latter may be turned on its centre by
means of a handle D7, as seen particularly at Figure 3. The movement of the
handle D' expands or contracts the pins D4 to or away from the centre, and thus
enables the semi-circular pieces D forming the neck ring to be opened or closed
at will..
E is the parison mould, the two sections of which are carried on the ends of
arms E¹, and F is the parison cylinder the piston rod F¹ from which is carried through
the base of the cylinder F. and passes through the axis C₁ of the turnover. F2 is a
cross piece carried on the end of the piston rod F1, and F3 are connecting rods, which
through the medium of arms F* carried on centre pins F5 communicate motion to
the arms E¹ and thus open or close the parison mould E at the required times. This
arrangement of passing the piston rod F1 through the base of the
cylinder F instead of through the upper end of same as has
hitherto been the custom in machines of this description, enables the turnovers
to be evenly balanced without the assistance of weights, and the parts being more
compact they are not liable to come in contact with the other parts of the machine,
should the turnover be reversed at the wrong time.

page_text: G is the bed of the mould motion which is carried on a horizontal slide G¹, and
the said bed G is moved backwards and forwards by means of an arm G2, which is
H is a
keyed to a shaft G3 and actuated by means of a vertical hand lever G4.
fráme carried on two vertical columns J and K, and L is a distance screw for
adjusting the height of the said frame H. M is a paddle carried on a plunger M¹,"
whose weight is counterbalanced by means of a weighted arm M2, which is coupled
to the lower end of the plunger M1 by means of a connecting rod M³, and the said
arm M² is mounted on a shaft M³ on the opposite end of which a hand lever Mis
provided for the purpose of rocking the shaft M3 and thus actuating the paddle M.
This balancing of the paddle M and the operating of the same by means of a hand
lever gives a much more sensitive motion than when the motion is obtained by a
treadle mechanisın, as heretofore. N is the finishing mould, the two sections of
which are hinged at N¹ to brackets N2 carried on the frame H. The backs of the
hinged sections of the mould N are connected by means of adjustable connecting
rods N³ with arms N, which are carried on shafts N5 and No, and the latter are
coupled together by means of geared segments N7 and N8 and are actuated simul-
taneously by means of a hand lever Nº. The above described movement for
operating the finishing mould N, is more simple than the movements hitherto
employed for the same purpose, and the position of the handle of the lever N° enables
the same to be held firmly during the blowing process.
Instead of lubricating the nipple and neck ring by means of a brush, I employ a
spraying nozzle P which is carried on a hinged tubular connection R, R¹, which is
connected to the central pillar A. S is an oil vessel which is connected
with the nozzle P by means of a flexible connection S¹, and T is an air tube,
which connects the air chamber in the interior of the pillar A with a valve in
the joint R² of the tubular connection R, R¹, by which means the raising of the
arm R admits air to the nozzle P and the lowering of the said arm cuts off the air
supply. In this manner a spray of oil may be projected against the nipple and the
neck ring, by simply raising the connection R into the position for applying the
spray.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination of the semi-circular pieces D, brackets D¹, slide pieces D²,
horizontal slides D³, pins D, volute slots D5, cam plate De, and handle D7, substan-
tially as and for the purposes set forth.
2. The cylinder F arranged with the piston rod F¹ carried through the axis C¹ of
the turnover, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
3. The cylinder F arranged with the piston rod F¹ carried through the axle C¹ of
the turnover, in combination with the cross piece F2, connecting rods F³, arms F4,
centre pius F5, arms E¹, and parison mould E, substantially as and for the purposes
set forth.
4. The mould motion carried by the bed G on the slide G¹, and actuated by means
of an arm G2, shaft G³ and vertical hand lever G4, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
5. The frame H carried on columns J and K, and adjusted in height by means of
a distance screw 1, substantially as set forth.
6. The combination of the paddle M, plunger M¹, weighted arm M², connecting
rod M5, shaft M³, and hand lever M, substantially as and for the purposes set
forth.
7. The mould N hinged at N¹ to brackets N2, in combination with the adjustable
connecting rods N³, arms N, shafts N5 and No, geared segments N7 and N³, and hand
lever N°, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
8. The spraying nozzle P, carried on a hinged tubular connection R, R¹, in
combination with a tube for supplying oil to the nozzle and a tube for supplying

page_text: compressed air to a valve in the joint. R2, substantially, as and for: the purposes.set
forth..
9. The general arrangement, construction, and, combination of the various parts
forming my improvements in apparatus for, manufacturing-glass bottles; jars, and
other hollow ware, substantially as and for the purposes set forth..
Dated this 25th day of July A.D. 1898.
BREWER & SON,,
London, and Leeds, Agents for the, Applicant..