Machine for Automatically Gathering Glass.
Year: 1897

page_text: Machine for Automatically Gathering Glass.
I, WILLIAM FRANCIS ALTENBAUGH, of No. 559, Sandusk Street, Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio, in the United States of America, Machinist, 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, and
accompanying drawings, that is to say:-
For gathering glass direct from the working pot or chamber and delivering it
for its manufacture into the finished article I have produced a machine wherein
such gathering and delivering operation is effected automatically.
For the manufacture of articles of glassware I employ a gathering iron or rod
which, by the operation of the machine, is caused to move into the pot or chamber
of the melted glass in an inclined position and gather and pick up upon its end a
quota of the glass from the surface thereof, then rise and move away in an outward
or backward direction, and by a sidewise swinging movement to carry the gathered
glass for conversion into the finished article. In this operation the gathering iron
or rod has both a skimming and a rotary movement on the surface of the glass,
and is caused to rise from the surface while still rotating in its reverse movement,
and continuously maintains such rotation, and in its return movements to repeat
the operation, this in effect doing the work of a skilled workman known as the
gatherer." In such machine my said improvements consist in certain novel parts
and combination of parts hereinafter specifically set forth in the claims concluding
this specification. Before specifying such claims I will describe the machine
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
The following description read in connection with the drawings will enable
any one skilled in the art to which my invention relates to understand its nature
and to practice it in the form in which I prefer to employ it; but it will be under-
stood that my invention is not limited to the precise form herein illustrated and
described, as various modifications may be made without exceeding the scope of
the concluding claims.
For the manufacture of glassware the gathering iron is adapted for automatic
operation within the working chamber or pot and for the delivery of the glass
therefrom.
Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents in side elevation a machine
embracing my invention as organized for gathering glass from the pot or working

page_text: chamber in the operation of producing pressed ware, the gathering rod being
shown in the position it occupies in its forward movement into the working
chamber or pot. Fig. 2 is a similar view of so much of the machine as shows the
gathering rod as having entered the working chamber, dipped into the glass, and
moving forward to gather it by skimming and rotating upon its surface. Fig. 3
is a top view of the machine in the position it occupies in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a like
view of the machine, the gathering rod being shown in the position it occupies
when withdrawn from the working chamber and swung around at the side of the
machine to deliver the glass to the press mold and Fig. 5 shows the gearing end of
the machine. Fig. 6, Sheet 5, represents so much of the machine as is adapted
for gathering glass in the operation of producing blown glassware and wherein an
interchangeable blowpipe is used as the gatherer in the machine in the place of
the solid rod.
The machine is arranged in fixed relation to and extends from the working
opening 2 of the working pot or chamber 3, and the carrier for the gathering rod
or iron is mounted upon a carriage that is caused to travel toward and from said
chamber-opening, so as to carry the gathering iron into the working chamber
above the surface of the glass, in contact with which the rod is caused to have a
rotating gathering action and to bring out of the chamber the required quantity
for the intended use. The molding press 4, to which the gathering iron is caused
to carry the glass, is located at the side of the machine and a distance therefrom
to be within the circle described by the lateral swinging movement of the gathering
iron, the limit of which movement is determined so as to bring the rod to a stop
over the press.
Two horizontal frame beams 5, 5 extend from the opening 2 in the side of the
working chamber and about on a level with the surface 6 of the molten glass
.therein. These beams are of a length suited to the travel of a carriage thereon to
carry the gathering rod 7 into and out of the chamber. For this purpose these
beams form ways upon which a carriage is adapted to travel upon flanged wheels
between the beams. Mediately of this carriage is secured a turn table 9, having
"studs 10 between and in bearings of which is mounted a shaft 11, fitted to rotate,
and upon which shaft between the said studs is loosely mounted a skeleton head 12,
adapted to have a vertical swinging movement upon said shaft. This head
extends from said shaft and is supported at its free end upon a spring sustained
stem 13, fitted to slide vertically in a guide 14 on the under side of the carriage.
The bearing of the head is preferably made by curved arms 15, and within the head,
connecting said arms, is mounted in position radially with and at right angles to
the shaft an arbor or spindle which on its end next to said shaft has a bevel gear 16
and on its other end has a chuck 17, within a socket of which is secured the end of
the gathering rod, which passes through a hole 18 in and is supported by the free
end of said head, so as to hold the rod, which projects a suitable distance from said
head, from vibration in being operated.
On the turn table shaft between one of the studs 10 and the bearing
of the head is fixed a bevel gear 19, which meshes with the bevel
gear 16 of the spindle, whereby the gathering rod is given a rotary
movement. This rotary movement is effected by a pulley 20 on one end of the
shaft 11 in a way which I will presently state. By the construction stated it will
be seen that provision is made for giving the gathering rod a movement into and
out of the working chamber, an axial rotation, and a vertical and a horizontal
swinging movement upon the carriage, as I shall presently more particularly state.
The glass, which is reduced to a condition suitable for press molding and for
blowing, is supplied to the working chamber or pot in any suitable way that will
maintain therein a uniform level and from the surface of which the end of the roc
is caused to pick up a quota, as it revolves thereon.
At each end of the carriage a shaft 21 is mounted transversely in suitable
bearings and each shaft has a fixed sprocket wheel 22, over which a sprocke
chain 23 passes and connects with each end of the carriage, whereby a reciprocating

page_text: movement is imparted to the carriage to carry the gathering rod into and out of
the working pot or chamber.
At the bearing end of the rod carrying head a weight 24 is fixed and adapted to
nearly balance the gathering rod and its carrier, whereby the said rod will have
only sufficient preponderance to allow it to have a dipping movement at two
positions in its work, for a purpose and in a way presently stated.
To a hanger 25 on the under side of the frame is pivoted a lever of two separate
parts, one of which, 26, stands forward and is adapted to engage the lower end of
the spring sustained stem 13, on the upper end of which the free end of the
gathering rod head 12 is supported. The other lever part, 27, normally stands
down and has an arm 28 in position to engage the stem connected lever part 26,
as in Fig. 2, in a way to pull down said stem against the tension of its sustaining
spring 281, so that when the stem is not pulled down it will be maintained in its
normal. position, holding the gathering rod horizontal, as in Fig. 1.
In position near the working chamber or pot is a hanger 29, fixed to the under
side of the frame and having a fixed incline standing downward from each side of
the hanger. That side of this incline 30 which stands away from the working
chamber is adapted to receive the lower end of said lever part 27 as the carriage
moves forward to carry the gathering iron into the furnace, and as said lever
engages and rides up the incline the former is pushed back away from the furnace
and brings its arm 28 into engagement with the upper lever part 26, bearing or
pulling it down, and thereby pulling down its spring sustained stem, the descent of
which allows the free end of the rod carrier 12 to fall gradually and the gathering
rod thereby to have a dipping movement simultaneously as it enters the chamber
of the pot or reservoir, as in Fig. 2. The extent of this dipping movement is so
governed by the incline 30 as to limit the contact of the gathering end of the rod
to a partial immersion into the body of the glass, with a light skimming action,
as seen in Fig. 2. Having passed the limit of the depressing action of the
incline 30, which is its highest point, the lever part 27 descends the other side 31.
of the incline and dropping off said incline releases the depressing action upon the
spring sustained stem 13, which, under the tension of the spring, elevates said
stem and the rod carrier, and the engaging end of the lever part 26, acting as a
stop, limits the ascent of the stem, brings the gathering rod to a horizontal.
position, and supports it while moving back. The dropping of the lever off the
incline allows the lever to hang down between the incline and the chamber, so that
the lever will pass back and ride over the incline 31 to its normal position without
acting upon the spring sustained stem, in the reverse movement of the carriage, to
withdraw the gathering iron.
It will be understood that except at the instant of reversing the movement of the
carriage the movement of the rod into and from the working chamber will be
continuous and in such movement its dipping will describe a curved path within
the chamber. In this movement the gathering rod will be continuously rotated by
the rotation of its chuck. The reversal of the movement of the carriage to with-
draw the gathering iron from the working chamber or pot is effected as follows:
As the forward movement of the carriage approaches its limit it is caused, prefer-
ably by one of its wheels, to come in contact with a slide 32 or other device movably
seated upon or connected to the frame beam, and so move or act upon said slide as.
to cause it by means of a connecting rod 33 to shift the operating belt, and thereby
reverse the movement of the operating gear and move the carriage back to the
position as seen in Fig. 4. Any suitable belt shifting device may be used for this
purpose. As shown, the reversing rod 33 extends from its connection with the
slide 32 to a lever 35, pivoted at the gearing end of the frame, and which lever is
suitably connected with belts 36 to shift them from a loose pulley for each belt to
the fast pulley.
During the backward movement of the carriage an arm 37, preferably bifurcated; .
standing obliquely rearward from the turn table, is carried into engagement with
a roll 38, fixed upon the frame and located so as to cause it to act upon the oblique

page_text: arm 37 as it moves back and turn said arm around outward, and thereby turn the
turn table and cause the gathering rod carried by the turn table to be swung around
at the working side of the machine to carry the glass which had been gathered
on the end of the rod to the press or other device. In this operation the position
of the oblique arm becomes reversed, so as to stand forward, having made nearly
a half revolution. The roll 38, which engages the turn table arm 37 to effect this
sidewise swinging movement of the gathering rod as it is moving back, is fixed in
a bracket 39 at the rear side of the frame, and said roll is made
adjustable lengthwise of the frame, so as to limit the swinging movement of
the gathering rod to bring it exactly over the press mold 4 for the delivery of the
glass therein. This limiting the movement of the carriage is made automatic by
the action of a cam arm 57, which, as the carriage moves back, strikes the cam
arm 46 and shifts the belt shifting lever 35, which stops the movement of the
carriage, as seen in Fig. 4, by placing both belts on the loose pulleys. The
gathering rod remains in this position long enough to allow the operator to cut off
the glass from the rod and drop it into the mold.
In the lateral swinging of the gathering rod I provide for supporting the free
end of the rod carrier a horizontal ledge or way 40, preferably fastened to and
carried by the carriage and terminating in a depressed seat 41 whereby at the
limit of the lateral swinging movement of the gathering rod it is caused to dip
and be held over and close to the top of the chamber of the press mold to deliver
therein the glass.
It will be understood that the gathering rod is continuously rotated to pick up a
quota of glass and hold it thereon while this rod is being moved into and away
from the working chamber or pot to the press. The means for effecting this
rotation while the carriage is both moving and standing still I will now describe.
A pulley 20 on the end of the turn table shaft drives the bevelled gear 19 thereon
which drives the gear 16 of the chuck spindle and rotates the gathering rod. A
rope 42, leading from a pulley 43 on the shaft 21, which operates the carriage,
leads to and operates the pulley 20 on the turn table shaft, there being intermediate
pulleys 431, over which the rope passes with considerable slack and has a weight 44
to maintain the driving power of the rope on the turn table shaft while the
carriage is moving back and forth as well as during the turning of the turn table
to swing the gathering iron out at the side of the machine, as seen in Figs. 1
and 4.
The swinging movement of the gathering rod is rendered easy by the provision
of a roll 45 at the under side of the free end of the rod carrier, so that the latter
rolls from off the upper end of the spring sustained stem 13, on which it rests,
directly onto the ledge or way 40, which extends out from the side of the carriage.
It is important also to notice that the supporting ledge or way terminates in a
gradual incline 58 and in a concave seat 41, so that the rod has an easy dipping
movement in passing to the seat and has an easy rise from its seat when the carriage
is started forward and the turn table is thereby revolved. This rise of the rod
carrier from its seat and the return swinging movement of the rod to its position
in line with the frame to again enter the working chamber or pot for another
quota of glass is effected by the reverse action of the turn table guide arm 37 on
the fixed roll 38 as the carriage moves forward, as seen in Fig. 4. This forward
movement of the carriage is effected at the time the glass is cut off and delivered
from the rod by shifting the belts. This may be done by the presser moving
inward the arm 46 of the shifting lever 35, which at once starts the carriage
forward by its chain connection with the driving gear and simultaneously swings
the gathering rod back in position to enter the working chamber or pot by the
action of the turn table arm on the fixed roll. In Fig. 4 the shifting lever 35 is
in position, having placed the belts on the loose pulleys 47, which are on each
side of the fast pulley 48, and stopped the backward movement of the carriage to
give time to deliver the glass into the press. In this shifting movement the belt
shifting rod 33, with its slide 32, is drawn back, which places the said shifting

page_text: slide in position to be acted upon and moved forward again as the carriage moves
forward to carry the gathering iron into the pot. Such shifting movement also
reverses the movement of the carriage by changing the belts on the fast pulley to
withdraw the gathering iron again from the working chamber or pot by moving
the slide to the position seen in dotted line in Fig. 3.
The provision of the weight is only to counterbalance the gathering rod and its
carrier sufficient to render the swinging and the rising movements of the rod easy,
and for this purpose the weight may be adjusted on the rod carrier to or from, its
bearing.
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The machine is operated by a power driven pulley 49 on a shaft 50, on which
is the long pulley 51, that drives the shifting belts, one if which is crossed. The
fast and loose pulleys are mounted upon a shaft 52 at the side of the frame, on
which shaft there is a spur gear 53, which engages a gear 54 on the shaft 21, which
has the carriage driving gear.
The power driven shaft and a separate short top shaft, preferably mounted in
the same journal box as the carriage driving shaft, are each provided with a cone
pulley, 55, which provides, by adjusting their connecting belt 56 thereon, for
changing the speed of the rotation of the gathering iron to suit the desired
rapidity of rotation of the gathering rod in the glass. These separate top shafts
are shown as having their abutting ends in the same journal box (see dotted lines
in Figs. 3, 4 and 5).
The machine shown is adapted for operating the gathering iron or rod in a
horizontal position or plane, but it may be adapted to have a vertical swinging
movement to deliver the gathered glass as stated.
The machine by its automatic operation takes the place in the factory of a
skilled workman; and its method of operation gives the gathering iron a positive
and exact movement for every gathering in the pot and from the pot to the press
with the gathered glass and renders the gathering more uniform than can be done
by hand, which is an important matter in picking up and delivering the proper
quota of glass for every article. This advantage is due to the fact that the
gathering iron in contact with the glass has certain and regular movements,
skimming forward and rotating upon the surface of the glass in the same time and
at the same depth in the glass at every gathering.
In the operation of the machine the gathering rod, before its entrance into the
pot or reservoir, is preferably caused to dip and assume an inclined position, so as
to bring its gathering end, while still moving forward, to skim along the surface
of the glass and by its rotation gather the proper quota of glass thereon. This
dipping movement of the rod is only sufficient to cause its contact with the surface
of the glass and to remain in such contact to wind around it a sufficient body of
glass from which to make the intended article. In this skimming action the rod
moves only about two or three inches, and its depth into the glass is regulated
and determined by the pitch of the incline 30 over and upon which the rod
depressing lever 27 rides. As soon as the highest point of the incline is passed
the lever 27 relieves itself of the incline and the gathering rod quickly rises to a
horizontal position, rotating all the while to hold the glass which it picked up, as
in Fig. 2. This rising movement is effected by the lifting action of the spring
sustained stem 13, which is caused to rise by the action of the coil spring 28 when
the depressing lever passes off the incline. As the gathering rod rises the carriage
still moves forward a short distance and comes in contact with the slide 32, pushes
it forward, and by its rod connection 33 with the shifting lever 35 shifts the belts
and reverses the movement of the carriage. This backward movement of the
carriage brings the arm 37 of the turn table in engagement with the fixed roll 38,
thereby rotating the turn table and swinging the gathering rod around to bring
the end of the rod to the press mold. At the limit of this swinging movement
the carriage is stopped and the rod is caused to dip over the top of the mold into
which the glass is dropped. For the delivering of the glass the carriage is brought
to a standstill by the automatic shifting of the belts by the cam acting arms 46

page_text: and 57 or other suitable shifting device, but the rotation of the gathering rod
continues. As soon as the glass is delivered from the, rod the carriage is started
forward by shifting the belts by hand or otherwise, and the gathering rod by the
action of the bifurcated arm and fixed roll swings back into line with the frame
and is carried forward to repeat the gathering operation while the operator is
finishing an article. As the carrier of the gathering rod swings out on the
supporting ledge or way the seat in the latter forms a stop to prevent the gathering
rod from going beyond the point which brings it over the press or other device,
and this stopping of the swinging movement of the gathering rod is simultaneous
with the stopping of the carriage.
As the gathering function of the iron or rod is essentially its automatic rotation
upon the surface of the glass, it is obvious that such gathering may be effected by
the inward or by the outward movement of the iron while in contact with the glass
and that the iron or rod may have a dipping movement either while entering the
chamber or leaving it.
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For effecting the dipping gathering operation in the manufacture of blown ware
I have shown in Fig. 6 a modification wherein a blowpipe is used for gathering the
glass in place of the solid rod. For this work the blow pipe is caused to move into
the working chamber or pot and to dip on its return or outward movement into
the glass with a skimming gathering rotation thereon. The object of this change
in the initial movement of the gathering rod is to prevent the filling or clogging
of the blow orifice in the pipe while picking up the quota of glass required for the
article. In this operation the blowpipe is made interchangeable, so that while the
blower is manipulating one blow pipe in finishing the article the machine is
supplied with another blowpipe, which is swung and carried forward to repeat the
gathering operation. The provision for using a blowpipe with an outward dipping
movement consists in reversing the position of the lever device 26 and 27 and
reversing the position of the inclines 30 and 31 from that shown in Fig. 1 to that
shown in Fig. 6. In this change the lever 26 will stand forward and the incline 30
will stand rearward, as in Fig. 6. These parts in their reversed positions will
cause the gathering pipe to be carried into the working chamber above the surface
of the glass, in contact with which the end of the blow pipe is caused to have a
rotating gathering action while it is moving out of the chamber to bring the
required quantity of glass to a position for use with a forming block. In this
operation the forming block takes the place of the press mold shown in Fig. 4
and the lateral swinging movement of the pipe is determined so as to bring it
over the forming block, whereon the mass is rotated to give a cylindrical form
preparatory to the removal of the blow pipe from the machine. In this operation
the gathering blow pipe while rotating moves horizontally into the working
chamber to its limit, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 6, which limit is determined
by the action of the belt reversing device, by which the advance of the carriage
is arrested and its movement reversed. At the same time the lever device 27 of
the carriage comes in contact with and moves upon the incline 30, the action of
which causes the gathering blow pipe to dip in a curved path, as shown by the
arrow, into and skim along the surface of the glass and by its rotation and backward
movement thereon gather the proper quota of glass upon its end. As soon as the
highest point of the incline is passed the lever 27 relieves itself of the incline and
the blow pipe rises to a horizontal position, rotating all the while to hold the glass
which it has picked up. As the carriage moves back the blow pipe swings out and
around to the forming block, and the proper forming of the glass on the blow pipe
having been completed the blower removes the blow pipe and puts another in its
place and the operation is repeated.
It will be understood that many of the devices above described are not essential
to the several features of my invention separately considered. This will be
indicated in the concluding claims, as in any given claim the omission of an
element or the omission of reference to the particular features of the elements
mentioned is intended to be a formal declaration of the fact that the omitted

page_text: elements or features are not essential to the invention therein covered. The
uniform level of the glass in the working chamber is maintained by communication
with the melting furnace.
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:-
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1. For gathering glass in the manufacture of glassware, a gathering iron and
means automatically to operate the iron to gather glass in a chamber or pot by a
skimming and a rotating action upon the surface of the glass.
2. In a machine for gathering glass in the manufacture of glassware, a gathering
iron, and a carriage therefor, and mechanisin automatically for moving said
carriage and said iron to the working chamber or pot and to give to said rod a
dipping, a skimming and a rotating movement upon the surface of the glass, to
move the iron out of the working chamber and to deliver the glass at the side of
the machine.
3. For gathering glass in the manufacture of glassware, a gathering iron
mounted for automatic operation within the glass chamber with an advancing,
rotating and dipping movement, means for limiting such dipping movement to a
skimming gathering action on the surface of the glass, and means for raising and
for carrying the gathering iron out of the working chamber in the continuous
operation of the machine.
4. In a machine for gathering glass in the manufacture of glassware, a gathering
iron mounted and adapted for automatic operation within a chamber with
gathering movements controlled with respect to the level of the glass in the
5.chamber and with the surface of the glass.
5. For gathering glass in the manufacture of glassware, a gathering iron, means
automatically to present to and rotate the iron upon the surface of the glass within
said chamber, to gather a quota and bring it away from the chamber.
6. The combination in a machine for gathering glass in the manufacture of
glassware, a gathering iron, mechanism pivotally supporting said iron, and
mechanism automatically to reciprocate it into and from the glass chamber, to
give said iron an axial rotation and a dipping movement into the chamber and a
lateral swinging movement out of said chamber.
7. In a machine for gathering glass in the manufacture of glassware, a carriage,
5 and a gathering iron carried thereby into and from the glass chamber, means for
.rotating said gathering iron upon the surface of the glass, and mechanism auto-
matically to cause a reverse movement of the carriage to and from the chamber,
and to the gathering iron out at the side of the carriage, the limit of the reverse
movement of the carriage and sidewise swing of the gathering iron being
O simultaneous.
S. In a machine for gathering glass in the manufacture of glassware, a carriage,
a chuck-spindle pivotally mounted on said carriage, a gathering iron secured in
said chuck, means for rotating said chuck, and a spring sustained support in said
carriage, a device on the carriage and a fixed incline device co-operating therewith
5. upon the forward movement of the carriage, whereby the gathering iron is caused
to dip and skim upon the surface of the glass in a chamber and to resume a
horizontal position in its movement out of said chamber.
9. The combination in a machine for gathering glass in the manufacture of
glassware, a carriage, a turn table on a carriage, a chuck spindle pivotally mounted
0 on-said turn table, a gathering iron secured in said chuck, a weight mounted on the
pivoted end of said chuck, and a spring sustained stem on said carriage for
supporting the gathering iron, and mechanism for operating the carriage, the
gathering iron, the turn table, and the spring sustained stem, in the way and for
the purpose stated.
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10. In a machine for gathering glass in the manufacture of glassware, a carriage,
a turn table, a shaft mounted in, a carrier pivotally mounted on said shaft having

page_text: a chuck spindle, a gathering iron secured in said chuck spindle and supported
in said carrier, a gear on said shaft engaging a gear on the chuck spindle, a driving
pulley on said shaft, and a spring sustained support for said chuck carrier, and
mechanism for operating the carriage, the gathering iron, the turn table, and the
spring sustained support for the chuck carrier in the way and for the purpose
stated.
11. For gathering glass in the manufacture of glassware, a carriage, a turn table,
and a gathering iron pivotally mounted on the turn table, means for automatically
dipping said iron in its gathering action, means for automatically swinging said
gathering iron out at the side of the carriage, and means for reciprocating said
carriage, consisting of a chain connecting the carriage with the driving power a
slide adapted to be actuated by the carriage, a belt shifter and a rod between said
slide and shifter.
12. The combination in a machine for gathering glass in the manufacture of
glassware, a carriage, a turn-table, a carrier pivotally mounted on said turn table
and having a chuck spindle, a gathering iron secured in said chuck and supported
in said carrier, mechanism for automatically reciprocating the carriage and for
operating the gathering iron in the way prescribed, a bifurcated arm fixed on the
turn table, and a fixed roll or stud in the way of said arm whereby said arm is
caused to engage the fixed roll in the reciprocating movements of the carriage and
cause the gathering iron to have a swinging movement around at the side of the
carriage, and return to its normal position.
13. In combination in a machine for gathering glass in the manufacture of
glassware, a carriage, a gathering iron or rod pivotally mounted thereon and
supported for a dipping and for a sideswing movement upon said carriage in
relation to a glass containing chamber and a molding press or other finishing
device, means for automatically reciprocating said carriage, means for automati-
cally dipping said gatherer, means for automatically causing a side swing movement
to said gatherer, means mounted on said carriage for automatically rotating said
gatherer, and means on said carriage for determining its reciprocating and its
laterally swinging movements.
14. For gathering glass in the manufacture of glassware, a gathering iron, a
carrier therefor, a turn table, on which said carrier is pivotally mounted, a carriage
on which said turn table is mounted, mechanism for automatically reciprocating
the carriage, mechanism for continuously rotating the gathering iron and
mechanism for automatically swinging the gathering iron at the side of the machine
to deliver the gathered glass, and mechanism for limiting said delivering
movement.
15. For gathering glass in the manufacture of glassware, a gathering iron, a
carrier therefor, a turn table on which the carrier is pivotally mounted, and a
carriage for the turn table, mechanism for automatically reciprocating the carriage,
mechanism for continuously rotating the gathering iron, mechanism for automati-
cally dipping the gathering iron upon the surface of the glass, means for limiting
such dipping, mechanism for automatically swinging the gathering iron at the side
of the machine to deliver the glass, mechanism for automatically limiting the
swinging laterally of the iron, and means whereby it is caused to have a dipping
movement.
16. In combination in a machine for gathering glass in the manufacture of
glassware a gathering iron or rod pivotally mounted at one end and having a
support adapted to be depressed on the advance movement of the iron in its
gathering function, and an unyielding support for said iron in swinging out side-
wise to deliver the gathered glass, and means for automatically and continuously
rotating the gathering iron in its movements and means for automatically depressing
and for elevating the gathering rod.
17. In combination in a machine for gathering glass in the manufacture of
glassware, a carriage, a turn table on the carriage, a gathering iron on the turn
table; a carrier for the gathering iron, pivotally mounted on the turn table, means

page_text: for automatically reciprocating the carriage with respect to a working glass
chamber, means for automatically swinging the gathering iron out at the side of
the carriage, and a ledge or way fixed on the carriage adapted to support the carrier
in its laterally swinging movements with the gathering iron.
18. For gathering glass in the manufacture of glassware, a carriage and means
for automatically reciprocating it with respect to glass chamber, a turn table on
the carriage, a carrier for the gathering iron pivotally mounted upon the turn
table, means for automatically rotating the gathering iron, a spring sustained
support for said carrier, a lever device on the carriage, and a fixed incline, the said
iever device and the fixed incline being adapted to co-operate to operate the spring
sustained support to cause the gathering iron to have a dipping movement as it
advances to skim the surface of the glass.
19. For gathering glass in the manufacture of glassware, a carriage, a turn
table on the carriage, and a gathering iron mounted upon said turn table, means for
automatically dipping said iron in its gathering action, means for automatically
reciprocating the carriage with respect to a glass working chamber, and means for
automatically swinging the gathering iron out at the side of the carriage, consisting
of an arm or projection on the turn table, and a fixed roll or stud adapted to be
engaged by said arm to turn the table and with it to swing the gathering iron out
sidewise and back to its normal position by the reciprocating movement of the
carriage.
20. In a machine for gathering glass in the manufacture of glassware, a frame
having a fixed relation to and extending from the working opening of said chamber
about on a level with the glass therein, an automatically reciprocating carriage, an
automatically operating turn table thereon, a gathering iron on the turn table, and
means for automatically swinging said iron out at the side of the machine, and for
continuously rotating it while so being swung, and a ledge or way terminating in
an incline and a seat, movable with the carriage and adapted to support the pivoted
carrier in its laterally swinging movement and allow it to dip to present the
gathering iron and its gather for other operation.
21. In a machine for gathering glass in the manufacture of glassware, a carriage,
a chuck spindle pivotally mounted on the carriage, means for rotating said chuck
spindle, a gathering iron secured in said chuck, and a spring sustained support for
said iron, two separate lever parts on the carriage, one lever part standing forward
and adapted to engage the spring sustained support, and a double incline on the
frame, one incline part adapted to engage the other depending lever part and cause
the latter to engage the forward standing lever part, whereby to pull down the
spring sustained support and allow the gathering iron to have a dipping movement
into a glass-containing chamber, the other incline part serving to trip the
depending lever and thereby release the depending lever and allow the gathering
iron to be raised.
22. For gathering glass in the manufacture of glassware, a carriage and means
for automatically reciprocating it with respect to a glass chamber, a turn table on
the carriage, a gathering iron, means pivotally to mount the said iron on the turn
table, means for automatically rotating the gathering iron, consisting of a gear on
said pivotally mounting means, a shaft and a gear mounted on the turn table, a
pulley on the shaft of the gear on the turn table, and a driving power having a
pulley, a weighted slack rope connecting said pulley and means for causing the
gathering iron to have a skimming movement on the glass, consisting of a fixed
incline, a depressing lever on the carriage adapted to engage the incline, a spring
sustained stem on the carriage adapted to support the gathering iron, and a lever
on the carriage adapted to engage the spring sustained stem and to be engaged by
the said depressing lever, the said incline adapted to enable the said depending
lever on the forward movement of the carriage. to depress the spring sustained
stem and to trip said lever to render it non-active on the return movement of the
carriage.
23. For gathering glass in the manufacture of glassware, a gathering iron or

page_text: rod and mechanism automatically to rotate the rod axially and cause it in the
gathering operation to move onto the surface of the glass while under axial rotation
and to have a vertical horizontal swinging movement to deliver the gathered glass
to be finished.
24. A mechanically operated gathering iron or rod for gathering glass in the
manufacture of glassware, means automatically for controlling and presenting it
to the surface of the glass to be gathered and means automatically for withdrawing
the gatherer with its gather of glass and presenting the gather to a device having
a fixed relation to the chamber containing the glass.
25. In the manufacture of glassware, an automatic reciprocating and rotating
gathering instrument mounted and operated to gather and pick up a quota of glass
by an automatic reciprocating and rotating movement upon the surface of the
glass, and means automatically operated to present the instrument for operation to
a device to finish the article and means operating automatically to determine such
movements:
EDWARDS & Co.,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.