Improvements in Machines for Automatically Gathering and Delivering Glass in Manufacturing Glassware.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Mar., 1899-Accepted, 8th July, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Automatically Gathering and
Delivering Glass in Manufacturing Glassware.
I, WILLIAM FRANCIS ALTENBAUGH, of Tiffin, in the County of Seneca and
State of Ohio, United States of America, Gentleman, 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:-
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My present invention is directed to the production of a machine for auto-
matically gathering and delivering glass in the operation of forming it into
articles, and for providing for the highest capacity in the work the machine is
organized for carrying out my invention in the separate operations with a solid
gathering-iron and with a blowpipe.
The principle upon which the machine operates is that of automatically advanc-
ing a pivotally-mounted instrument into the working chamber with a dipping
action upon the surface of the molten glass, which it gathers at its skimming-
point by rotating, picking up the glass by layers in a sufficient quantity for the
intended work, then reversing the direction of the longitudinal movement of the
gathering instrument, raising it from the surface, swinging it out at the side of
the machine, and delivering the gather for forming operations while the carriage
is at rest, then reversing the movement to again advance the gathering instrument
to repeat the operation.
For effecting these operations the present machine embodies novel features in
its_organization.
In the manufacture of pressed ware the gather is delivered from the gathering-
iron into a press-mold, and in the manufacture of blown ware the gathering
blowpipe is presented to a forming-block, where the operation is continued by
blowing or puffing into the pipe as it is rotated in the machine.
The invention which forms the subject of this patent is directed to and embodied
in the machine in its capacity for use with the solid gathering-iron in press-
forming the article from the glass delivered from the solid iron; and the said
invention for this purpose consists of certain novel parts and combinations of parts,
which are particularly and separately pointed out and designated in the claims
concluding this specification.
For the purpose of informing those skilled in the art to which my present in-
vention appertains of the nature of my invention and for the purpose of instruct-
ing them how the same may be particularly and advantageously employed I will
now describe the machine whereby it is adapted for use in gathering and deliver-
ing the gather either to a moulding-press or to a forming-block in the form which
I prefer to employ it; but it will be understood 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.
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For carrying out the invention herein claimed the machine will be described
to produce what is known as pressed" ware, in which a solid gathering-iron
is employed to gather the glass and deliver it to a forming-press,

page_text: The accompanying drawings illustrate a complete machine designed to secure
the highest capacity for work in one organized structure in the separate operations
which I have stated, and it will be found an efficient embodiment of the invention
herein claimed, a detailed description of which will now be given.
In the drawings, Figure 1 represents in longitudinal elevation the complete
machine as organized for use with a pivotally-mounted gathering instrument,
the position of which is as advancing into the working chamber. Fig. 2 shows
in detail a side view of the gear connections of the carriage and of the sliding
gear on the line-shaft 24, by which the gathering instrument is rotated. Fig. 3
shows in vertical longitudinal section the chuck device for carrying the gathering
instrument and the gear for rotating the chuck. Fig. 4 shows in elevation so
much of the machine as illustrates the gathering instrument as advancing in a
dipped position and skimming the surface of the glass in gathering a charge.
Fig. 5 shows a transverse section of the machine, taken through the line a
of Fig. 1, showing the gearing for rotating the gathering instrument from the
line-shaft. Fig. 6 is a like section on the line zz, showing the flexible shafts 17,
connecting the chuck-gear; and Fig. 7 is a like section on the line y y of Fig. 1,
showing the shelf 64 for sustaining the pivotally-mounted gathering instrument;
and Fig. 8 shows in top view the gear by which the gathering instrument is rotated
from the line shaft. Fig. 9 shows in top view the machine as used with duplex
gathering-irons in the positions they occupy when delivering the gather into the
press molds and the clutch is out of gear. Fig. 10 shows the gear for swinging
the duplex gathering instrument out at the side of the machine for delivering
the gather. Fig. 1 shows the rear end of the machine, the clutch device, the
connections with the power-driven shaft, and the crank cam-lever 25 for recipro-
cating the carriage and for actuating the clutch device for controlling the rotation
of the gathering iron. Fig. 12 is a cross-section taken at the gear end of the
machine in front of the latch-bar 52 and showing its connected lever 58 and
the relation thereto of the cam crank-lever for operating the latch-bar to shift the
clutch. Fig. 13 shows in top view the clutch device and connecting mechanism
for rotating the gathering instrument, the line-shaft 24 being engaged by the
bevel-gear for comparative slow rotation. Fig. 14 is a like view showing the
line-shaft as being out of engagement with its actuating-gear to stop the rotation
of the gathering instrument when delivering the charge. Fig. 15 shows a like
view, the line-shaft engaged by the friction-gear 34 35 for comparative rapid
rotation of the gathering instrument. Fig. 16 shows in side view the cam crank-
lever in its relation to the lever 53, connecting and actuating the clutch for con-
trolling the movements of the carriage, and the lever 40, connecting and actuating
the gear-shifting devices for controlling the rotation of the gathering instrument.
Fig. 17 shows the way in which the cam of the crank-lever actuates the clutch-
lever connections to shift the clutch and gear-shifter. Fig. 18 shows in side view
the device for suspending and automatically placing the blowpipe in its carrying-
chuck, and Fig. 19 is a top view of the same as used in the duplex machine.
Fig. 20 shows in top view the clutch and shifting gear connections and the relation
thereto of the cam crank-lever and the supplemental cam 100 thereon for engaging
the friction-gear 34 35 to accelerate the rotation of the blowpipe at the forming
block, as in Fig. 19; and Fig. 21 shows in detail the end cam 55 and the supple
mental cam 100 of the crank-lever in their adaptation for actuating both the
levers 40 and 53 for shifting the clutch and the friction-gear as seen in Fig. 20.
For supporting the operating parts of the machine the frame has iron beams 1, 1,
of the proper length in vertical alignment one above the other carried by end
frames 2, 2, and upon and between these beams a carriage 3 is mounted for
reciprocating movement. A simple form for the carriage is an iron body of
rectangular form standing vertically and provided with flanged rolls 4. 4, at
each of its corners mounted to engage and travel with firm movements upon the
beams. At its side the carriage carries the mechanism for gathering and deliver-
ing the glass. The frame has a fixed relation to the working chamber and

page_text: extends therefrom, with the gathering instrument mounted and carried in such
manner as to be caused to travel into and from the chamber and in such relation
to the surface of the glass as to effect the gathering by a rotating skimming
action.
As shown, the working capacity of the machine involves a multiple of gathering
instruments, and as the mounting and operating mechanism of each is of identical
construction a description of such mechanism and the operation of one of the
gathering instruments will be identical with the other.
Near the lower side of the carriage an iron bracket 5, Fig. 6, is bolted, standing
out horizontal and has a tubular bearing 6, within which is mounted a tubular
shaft 7, Fig. 5, having fixed on its upper end a sort of turntable plate S, having
vertical cheek parts 9, to and between which is mounted by trunnions b, Fig. 5,
an arm 10, free to swing on its trunnions and carrying a chuck for the
gathering instrument. The trunnions of this carrying-arm are mounted
about vertically in line with the axis of the turn-table, and said
arm 10 has fixed thereto a suitable box-casting 11, within which the
chuck for the gathering instrument is secured, as in Fig. 3. Preferably this
box is located in front of the trunnions of the carrying-arm, and the provision
for mounting the gathering instrument consists of a tubular shaft 12, Fig. 3,
arranged to rotate in the said box and having a flaring open end projecting to
receive the gathering instrument, which is secured therein by screws 13 engaging
the angular end c of said instrument to prevent it from turning within the chuck,
while at its swing end the carrying-arm 10 has a pair of rolls d, on which the
gathering instrument has a firm resting bearing, and is held from working out
of chuck by a collar fitting against said rolls. The other end of the chuck-shaft
has a gear 14 outside of the box, which engages a like gear 15 on a plug-
pin 16, fitted to turn in at bearing in the box above the chuck-
shaft. Connecting the geared end of this plug is a flexible shaft 17,
which extends down through an opening in the arm 10 and connects
with the upper end of a shaft 18, Fig. 5, loosely mounted within the
tubular shaft 7, whereby the rotation of said shaft 18 drives the chuck-shaft and
rotates the gathering instrument. The provision for rotating the vertical shaft 18
is seen in Figs. 2, 5, 6 and 8, and consists of a gear 19, fixed on its lower end and
engaging with an equal gear 20 on a stud fixed in a bracket 21, secured to the
base-plate 5 and carrying said gear 20 outside of the gear 19. This arrangement
of the gear
renders it convenient to drive the flexible shaft by a sliding gear con-
nection, with a rotating line-shaft fixed in the frame. Such sliding gear con-
nection is made by a bevel-gear 22 on the stud of the gear 20, and therefore
carried by the carriage, so that said bevel gear 22 will engage a bevel-pinion 23,
Figs. 5 and 8, splined on the line-shaft 24, which being rotated from the clutch
connections thereby rotates the gathering instrument through its flexible shaft
connections. As the carriage reciprocates the splined bevel-pinion 23 is caused
by its bracket connection, Fig. 2, to slide upon the line-shaft, and being rotated
by it rotates the vertical shaft 18 by the intermediate gear, as stated.
The
The rotation of the gathering instrument by means of gear in which a flexible
shaft serves as an element to directly connect the said instrument with a rotating
line-shaft gives a compact and effective arrangement with a reciprocating carriage
and with a gathering instrument having a lateral swinging movement.
mounting of the gear mechanism upon the carriage in a way to allow it to be
actuated by a sliding connection with the line-shaft allows the rotation of the
gathering instrument and of its laterally-swinging movements during the recipro-
cation of the carriage. The mounting of the turn-table in concentric relation to
the flexible shaft connections, as in Figs. 1 and 6, renders the rotation of the
gathering instrument and its lateral swing through a center common to both
motions, and thereby making the line-shaft to serve as the means for controlling
and changing the speed of the rotation of the gathering instrument.

page_text: The carriage is reciprocated by a crank movement which gives the advantage
of an easy stop, rendering it free from bump or jar and effecting a better delivery
action of the gathering instrument. This movement is by the crank 25 on the
shaft 26, mounted on the rear end frame, the said crank connecting by a rod 27
the carriage and determines the extent, the stopping, and the reversing of its
movement. This crank also serves as a lever having the function of a cam, whereby
the rotation of the gathering instrument and the movements of the carriage are
controlled. For this purpose the crank-lever extends on each side of its carrying-
shaft and has a cam on each arm part. The line-shaft 24 is mounted at the side
of and parallel with the lower beain and is rotated by a sprocket-wheel 28 on the
clutch-driven shaft by a chain 29, engaging a sprocket 30, Figs. 13, 14, 15,
16 and 20, on shifting shaft 31, mounted in the end frame. On this shifting
shaft is fixed a gear 32, which engages a gear 33 on the line-shaft, whereby it
is rotated to cause the rotation of the gathering instrument. This shifting shaft 31
also has a friction-wheel 34, and the shaft itself is adapted to have only sufficient
endwise movement whereby to engage said friction-wheel with accelerating-gear
to give a more rapid speed to the shaft 24 and through it to the gathering instru-
ment as I will now state. Referring to Figs. 13, 14 and 15 the shifting shaft 31
is seen as being driven from the clutch-shaft and is engaged with the line-shaft
by the gear 32 38, which engagement is maintained by a spring 43 on the outer
end of the shifting shaft constantly pressing it inward.
The accelerating-gear consists of a small friction wheel 85, Figs. 1 and 13, on
a short shaft 36, mounted parallel to the line-shaft and arranged to engage the
larger friction-wheel near its periphery, while said short shaft 36 engages the
line-shaft by the gear 37 38, whereby the friction-wheels when in engagement
impart a comparatively fast rotation to the line-shaft and through it imparts a
corresponding speed to the gathering instrument for a purpose which I will
presently state.
For the engagement of the friction-wheels the shifting shaft 31 is caused to
have an outward movement, and this is effected by the rotation of the crank-
lever 25, which is provided with a cam-formed plate 39, Figs. 13 and 16, adapted
to engage the upper end of a lever 40, pivoted in the frame and connecting a
pivoted arm 41, which engages the end of said shifting shaft 31 and pushes it
outward, forcing and holding its friction-wheel 34 in engagement with the
accelerating friction-wheel 35, thereby quickly engaging the friction-gearing
and accelerating the speed of the rotation of the gathering instrument at the proper
times in the operation of the machine, as in Figs. 15 to 20. The lever 40 has a
roll 42 to receive the action of the lever-cam 39, and the said roll is held in
position to receive the action of the cam by the spring 43 upon the shaft 31
and the action of the latter upon the pivoted arm 4.1. So long therefore
as the cam-plate 39 of the crank lever is in engagement with the lever 40
the friction-gear will be held in engagement; but when the said cam-plate in the
revolution of the crank passes its contact with said lever 40 then the spring 43
brings the gear 32 38 into engagement and maintains it until the cam-fever
again shifts the gear. The cam is so formed with a curved and a flat part as to
effect this operation, as in Figs. 17 and 21.
Referring to Figs. 1 and 11, the shaft 26 of the crank cam-lever is preferably
arranged about midway between the track-rails and below this shaft is mounted
the clutch-shaft,.upon which is loosely fitted two equal pulleys 44 45, with which
a clutch 46 is caused to engage as it is shifted by the action of a cam 39 on the
lever 40, as I will presently state. These pullies are continuously driven by belts
from pulleys 47 48, Fig. 11, on the power-driven shaft, while a pinion 49 on the
clutch-shaft engages a larger gear 50 on the shaft of the crank cam-lever, whereby
to cause its rotation. One of the pulleys 48 on the power-driven shaft is com-
paratively small, the object of which is to give a comparatively slow rotation to
the pulley 45 when engaged with the clutch and which when so engaged causes

page_text: the carriage to move slowly in advancing the gathering instrument while taking
up a charge. The clutch-shifter 51, Figs. 12 and 13, is controlled by a latch-
bar 52, pivotally connected at one end to the lower end of the lever 53, pivoted to
the frame and arranged to be engaged by the cam 39 on the crank-lever in a
way to vibrate said lever 53, and thereby actuate the clutch-shifter, the said
latch-bar having a notch 54, by which it is adapted to engage the upper end of
the clutch-shifter, Fig. 12.
A spring 55, Fig. 14, connected to the clutch-shifter 51, constantly tends to
engage and maintain the clutch in engagement with the pulley 44, while a spring
constantly acts to place the latch-bar-connected lever 53 always in position to
receive the action of the cam-lever at each revolution of the latter, Fig. 12. The
cam-plate 39 acts to pull the latch-bar 52 toward said cam-lever, and the throw
of the latch-bar is sufficient to cause the clutch to be engaged with either of
the pulleys 44 45 in operating the carriage and in rotating the gathering instru-
inent by the rotation of the crank cam-lever. The form of the cam 39 Figs. 12,
17, and 21, is such that its part which first engages the lever is so curved or
formed as to vibrate the lever to give it the shifting action, while the flat surface
part of the cam acts to hold the clutch to its shifted position until the cam passes
off the lever-roll, when the latter will move into position to be again acted upon
by the cam in its revolution. In the same way the shifter-shaft is actuated and
released. In the construction shown the cam-plate 39 is formed to act upon the
gear and the clutch-shifting levers at the same time and to release them at the
same time but separate cams may be used to effect these operations. The other
end of the crank-lever is also provided with a cam 55, which is arranged and
formed to engage the clutch-shifting lever 53 in the revolution of the crank:
but this shifting movement is effected by a throw of the cam 55 of less extent
than the throw of the cam 39. This lesser throw of the shifting-lever acts to
shift the clutch only sufficient in extent to throw it out of engagement, as in
Figs. 9 and 20, for stopping the carriage at the point of or just after it has reached
its full backward movement and which thereby will cause the swing of the
gathering instrument to be stopped to deliver the gather either into the press or
at the forming-block, according as the machine may be working in the manu-
facture of press or of blown ware. So in like manner this cam 55 is formed to
act upon the lever 40 with a throw only sufficient to put the gear 32 out of
engagement with the gear 33, and thereby stop the rotation of the gathering-iron
at the time the glass is being dropped into the press. It is therefore at the limit
of the backward movement of the carriage-actuating crank that the latch-bar is
moved so as to put the clutch out of gear with the drive-pulleys to stop the
machine and at the same time stop the rotation of the line-shaft to stop the rotation
of the gathering-iron. This action of the end cam in disengaging the gear 32 38
does not give sufficient movement to the shaft 31 to put its friction-wheel 34 in
gear. It will be understood that the gear shifting shaft 31 is continuously driven
by the sprocket 28 being fixed to the pulley which is continuously driven.
It will be seen from the foregoing that the line-shaft is driven at different
speeds of rotation, one speed being comparatively slow, given by the gear 31
32 at the time the gathering instrument is being swung out to deliver the gather,
and thereby prevent the glass from being thrown off, as would be liable under a
rapid rotation. The other faster speed of the line-shaft is given by the friction-
gear at the time the gathering instrument is gathering the glass quickly around
the enlarged end of the gathering instrument. This speed is changed to a slower
rate as soon as said instrument commences its ascent with the gather to prevent
the flying off of the gather.
The gathering instrument is caused to have a lateral swinging movement to
carry the gather either to a molding-press 56 or to a forming-block 57 at the
side of the machine and for returning to the melting-chamber to repeat the
operation of gathering. The outward swinging movement of the gathering instru-

page_text: ment commences as it clears the chamber in the outward movement of the carriage
and is effected and controlled by the reciprocation of the carriage and means which
I will now describe.
Referring to Figs. 5, 6, and 9, the tubular shaft 7, depending from the turn-
table S, has a horizontal arm 58, (shown in dotted lines in Figs. 9 and 19,) adapted
to engage a roll 59, adjustably fixed on the lower carriage-rail, and to act in
engagement with said roll, in such manner as to cause the said shaft 7 to be turned
in its bearing, and thereby swing the turn-table and its gathering instrument
outward as the carriage moves back. The forward movement of the carriage causes
a reverse action of the said arm 58 to swing the gathering instrument inward in
position to again enter the chamber. As shown, this arm is of open slotted form,
SO as to receive the roll 59 as the carriage moves back and to
leave the roll as the carriage moves forward. It stands obliquely rear-
ward when the carriage moves forward, and as its rearward movement brings the
arm into engagement with the roll the arm is swung around toward the front,
the extent of its swing being governed by the position of the roll, which is set to
suit the extent of the movement of the carriage for the work to be done at the
press or the block. In its lateral swinging movements the swing end of the
carrier for the gathering instrument is supported by a ledge or way 60, fixed to
and extending out from the side of the carriage, preferably curved, forming a
track on which the carrier swings, and being for this purpose provided with roll 61,
Figs. 1, 7, and 18, for easy travel. This track has preferably a downward incline
and a wedge 62 on its lower end, placed so that the carrier-roll will ride upon it
and drop off with a sudden fall at the limit of the swing movement of the gathering-
iron when the glass is to be dropped off into the press. This dropping off the wedge
gives the glass a sudden jar and renders its fall from the iron more certain.
this time the carriage and the gathering-iron are without movement and it will
be understood that this dropping of the glass is only in the operation of the
machine in the manufacture of pressed ware and that in such operation the gather-
ing-iron has a swing of considerable extent in working with the press-mold, so
that by the time the iron reaches the press the glass will hang from the iron
for free separation. The track terminates in a concave (3, into which the carrier-
roll drops from the wedge, which is beveled at its thick end to allow the carrier-
roll to ride up over it in the return swing of the gathering-iron. The pivoted
arm 10 carries the gathering instrument in horizontal position normally, as in
Fig. 1, and for this purpose the said carrier at its swing end is supported upon a
shelf 64, Fig. 7, on which the roll 61 of the carrier rests and which is suspended by a
spring 65, secured to the front end of the carriage by a rod 66, adjustably connect-
ing a bracket 67 on the carriage. The adjustment of the tension of this spring gives
the proper force for raising the swing end of the carrier for the gathering instru-
ment and for supporting it in horizontal position.
At
The shelf 64 gives the advantage of a level way, as in Fig. 7, to form a junction
with the track, so that the roll 61 of the swing-carrier 10 passes easily from the
shelf to the track and from the latter to the shelf. A guide-stem 68, depending
from the shelf, passes through a guide 69, fixed to the carriage, and connects with
a lever device mounted on a depending bracket at the under side of the carriage,
whereby the shelf is pulled down to effect the dipping of the gatherer in its
gathering function. This lever device consists of two parts, one part 70 of which
stands forward and is adapted to engage and pull down the guide-stem 68 and
its connected shelf against the tension of the suspending-spring, as in Fig. 4.
The other lever part 71 swings down and has a lug or projection 72 on its pivoted
end, adapted to engage the forward-standing lever part 70 in a way to depress it
and its connected shelf. The guides 69 for the shelf-stem serve to limit the ascent
of the shelf in bringing the gathering instrument to a horizontal position, as in
Fig. 1.
A fixed incline mounted in a hanger depending from the lower rail
serves to actuate this lever device. The incline is of approximately inverted-V
form, one part 73 standing rearward to the other part 74, standing frontward,

page_text: Figs. 1 and 4. The part 73 is arranged to receive and engage the swing end of
the lever part 71, as the carriage moves forward to carry the gathering instrument
into the chamber, and as the roll end of said lever part rides up the incline it
is thereby swung back, causing its lug 72 to engage and press down the lever
part 70, engaging the shelf-stem, thereby pulling the shelf down, the swing-
arm 10 by its weight thereby falling with it and giving a dipping descent to
the gathering instrument only sufficient for a skimming action to gather a charge
during which the movement of the carriage is comparatively slow, while the
gathering instrument has a rapid rotation. The extent of this dipping is governed
by vertically adjusting the incline 73 to give a partial immersion to the gatherer,
and I prefer to make this adjustment by a pulley 75, mounted so as to engage a
screw-stem 76, which carries the incline, in a way that a cord 77, connecting
said pulley and under the control of the attendant, will turn the pulley to raise
or to lower the incline, and thereby regulate with exactness the dipping of the
gatherer. This provision gives the advantage of setting the gatherer as may
become necessary to suit any varying level of the glass; but it is the intention
that the glass in the working chamber shall be kept at a uniform level. The
highest point of the incline is the limit of the immersion, and the lever device
having passed this point the swing-lever part 71 descends the other side of the
incline and, dropping off, releases said lever device, the shelf meantime gradually
rising during the travel of the lever over its releasing-incline and, dropping
therefrom, allowing the gathering instrument to resume its horizontal position.
In dropping off the incline the lever hangs free to ride back out of engagement
with the shelf-connecting lever part during the backward, movement of the carriage.
It will be understood that the gathering instrument is continuously rotated
while advancing to gather a quota of glass, to hold it while being moved out of
and away from the chamber and while being swung to deliver the gather for work
and while delivering the gather.
The utilization of the crank for imparting reciprocating movements to the
carriage, as the means for carrying provision for automatically controlling the
movements of the carriage and for automatically, controlling the rotation of the
gathering instrument, and particularly as to the speed of such rotation, renders
the machine interchangeable for work with press molds and with forming-blocks,
the latter being set in place to receive the blowpipe when the machine is used
in the manufacture of blown ware. That part of the crank-arm which has the
end cams extends from the crank-shaft in a radial line with the crank, forms an
extension of it, and rotates in the same plane, and the cams of both arms acting
within a revolution of the crank to actuate the shifting levers in the way stated.
I have shown the machine as organized for operating with a plurality of gather-
ing instruments arranged for identical and simultaneous movements at opposite
sides of the machine, and in such construction the turn-tables of the gathering
instruments are geared together at their mounting by like gears 78, which cause
the turn-tables to swing together, the swing of one, produced as described, to
the same extent swinging the other, the swing being controlled by the movements
of the carriage as stated. In like manner the rotation of one of the gathering
instruments serves to cause and to control the rotation of the other, the rotation
of one, produced as described, rotating the other with the same speel. For this
purpose the shaft 18, Fig. 5, which causes the rotation of one of the gathering
instruments, has a gear 79, engaging by an intermediate gear 81, Fig. 10, an equal
gear S0 on a short shaft 82, mounted in a tubular shaft 83 of the turn-table
at the other side of the carriage. The shafts 18 and S2 of these two equal gear 79
and SO are each connected to and drive the chucks of the separate gathering
instruments by means of flexible shafts 17, each connecting by intermediate gear
Fig. 3, with the chuck-shafts. The intermediate gear S1, which engages the
equal gear 79 80 of the chuck-operating shafts, causes the gathering instruments
to rotate in opposite directions as in Fig. 10.
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page_text: In the forward movements of the carriage the gathering instruments are caused
to swing in parallel relation and in such relation move into and out of the melt-
ing-chamber in gathering each a charge; but after leaving the chamber and
during the continued outward movement of the carriage the gathering instruments
are caused to swing out from the carriage to deliver the gather to their respective
working parts.
It will be understood that in working the machine in the manufacture of pressed
ware the gathering instrument is a solid iron 84, which remains in the machine,
while gathering and dropping such gather into the mold, as in Fig. 9.
When the machine is used for the manufacture of blown ware, a blowpipe 85
is substituted for the solid iron for operation with a forming-block, as in Figs. 18
and 19, and a separate blowpipe is used for each gather. For such work the chuck
has an air-tight fitting for the blowpipe and a suitable blow communication there-
with, whereby the glass is puffed or blown while being mechanically rotated and
formed upon the block, as in Fig. 3. In changing the blowpipe provision is made
for supporting a blowpipe on the machine in readiness to take the place of the one
removed and to automatically deliver the other pipe into the chuck as soon as
the one having the blown gather is removed. In this use of the machine the swing
of the pipe is only sufficient to place the glass on the block near the side of the
machine, and while in this position the pipe is rapidly rotated in the machine, and
while the glass is being blown the pipe is carried in the machine, as in Figs. 18
and 19.
In Fig. 1, I have shown means whereby a blowpipe is supported to be dropped
and automatically inserted into the chuck. On the upper track-beam, near its
front end, is secured a horizontal bracket 86, standing at the side and having at
its end a tilting device 87, hinged so as to tilt downward and toward the chuck,
so as to hold the gathering end of the pipe and act as a grooved runway for it.
At the required distance from this tilting device is mounted upon the track-beam
a hanger device SS, Figs. 1, 4, 18, and 19, adapted to hold the blow end of the pipe.
This hanger device is pivoted in a vertical position, its lower end formed with a
rest-lip for the pipe and its upper end serving as a handle and held against a
stop 89 by a spring 90, which constantly pulls it against said stop to keep the
rest-lip always in position to hold the pipe. The tilting device is somewhat like
a scoop or runway, Fig. 19, and is provided with a counterweight 91, serving to
more than balance the pipe resting within said device. A stop 92, acting against
the bracket, limits the tilting of this device to an angle of about sixty degrees,
as in Fig. 18. The hinge of the tilting device is about vertically in line with the
center of the forming-block, the object being to deliver the pipe into the chuck
at the time the finished blowpipe is removed and while the carriage is standing
at the limit of its rearward movement and while the blowpipe is still rotating.
This delivery and placing of the pipe in the chuck, Fig. 3, is effected as follows:
The rest-lip of hanger SS is tripped, letting the end of the pipe drop, into the guide-
rest 93, the gathering end of said pipe still resting in the tilting device. The
blow end of the pipe falling first will cause it to tilt the weighted devico, so
that the gathering end of the pipe will slide down upon it, while the blow end of
the pipe, having fallen into a concave guide-rest 93, secured upon the swing-arm
10 in front of the chuck, serves to support and guide the end of the pipe as it is
driven into the chuck by the action of its gathering end as it slides down the in-
clined grooved face of the tilting device, the inclined position of which acts to
shove or slide the pipe as it falls fully in place in the chuck, where it is held
from turning by the screws, the same as the solid iron. The pipe is thus almost
instantly dropped and automatically chucked, so that the carriage is started for
another gathering almost at the very time the blowpipe is removed from the
chuck, because at the time of removing a pipe another is placed in the machine
just where it can fall and be pushed into the place of the one removed. In this-
change the attendant uses one hand to remove the finished blowpipe and his other
hand to place another pipe on its hanger and tilting device to be dropped and

page_text: chucked. In this operation the blowpipe continues to rotate. The pipe having
been delivered and chucked the tilting device is caused to resume its normal
position, Fig. 1, to receive another pipe.
Referring to Fig. 3, the chuck-shaft 12 is seen hollow and is fitted with a rubber
packing-tube 94, into which the blowpipe is driven or pushed to provide an air
tight joint. At its geared end the chuck-shaft has a puff-tube" 95, and which
at its outer end has an orifice 96, Fig. 6, which by a suitable mouth-piece pro-
jecting through an opening in the cheek 9 of the turn-table Figs. 1, 3 and 6,
enables the attendant to blow or puff the glass while being formed upon the block.
The mouthpiece-connecting tube 95, 96 is fitted freely within the chuck-shaft,
and thereby forms a non-rotating connection with the rotating blowpipe, it being
understood that the glass is puffed or blown only when the pipe places it on the
block. A spring 98, Fig. 3 acting on the outer end of the puff-pipe serves to
keep it under tight fit in the chuck-shaft to prevent escape of air.
A round table 57 is provided with a number of forming-blocks 99 of different
sizes which contain water, into which the glass is rolled in the operation of puffing.
The round table can be adjusted vertically to suit the placing of the gather into
the block and the table can be turned to bring different blocks into use.
The swing of the pipe to the block is about eighteen inches, which is controlled
by setting the roll 59 so as to engage the turn-table arm 58 at the proper time
and point in the outward movement of the carriage. The farther front the roll
is set the greater will be the extent of the outward swing of the turn-table and,
of course, the gathering instrument.
The track or way on which the swing is made is of course suited for such
movement of the blowpipe, so that it will be delivered without undue jar or fall
at the block.
For accelerating the rotation of the pipe at the block the end cam 55 of the
crank-lever is supplemented by a cam-plate 100, Figs. 20 and 21, the function of
which is to act upon the lever 40 and through the friction-gear with the line-
shaft. This increased speed is advantageous in "blocking" the glass and facilitates
its finish on the block, and the cam-plate 100 is added only when the blowpipe is
in use. The added cam has the same form as the cam 55 and is fitted upon its
face, as in Figs. 10 and 17, to engage the friction-gear to give increased speed
to the blow-pipe when operating at the block under the accelerated speed of the
friction-gear, Figs. 20 and 21.
In the multiple arrangement of the gathering instruments they are mounted
alike on opposite sides of the carriage, and the provisions for using one are identical
with those for using the other whether the operation be for the manufacture of
pressed or for blown ware, and of course this requires an attendant for the work
at each side of the machine.
In the operation of the machine it will be understood that the band from the
power-driven pulley 47, Fig. 11, constantly drives the loose clutch-pulley 44 on
the clutch-shaft, and by means of the sprocket-chain 29 said pulley drives the
shifting shaft 31, because the pulley has fixed thereto the sprocket-wheel of said
chain; that the loose clutch-pulley 45, also on the chuck-shaft, has a slower
rotation than the pulley 44, because it is driven by the comparatively small power-
driven pulley 48, and that the crank-shaft 26 is driven from the clutch-shaft, as in
Fig. 11, and that therefore the engagement of the clutch with the loose pulley 44
vill give a comparatively rapid movement to the crank-shaft and hence to the
carriage. From this it will be seen that the shifting of the clutch will give a
low or rapid rotation of the crank to reciprocate the carriage both fast
nd slow for the purpose suited to different stages of the work, and that
hese different speeds are automatically effected and controlled by cams
arried by the crank-shaft and adapted to actuate a clutch-bar in which
he clutch is shifted from engagement with the pulley 44 and engaged with the
ther pulley 45. For this purpose the latch bar, through the lever 53, is positively
moved by the cam 39, Fig. 12, while a spring 101 acts to return said lever to
ts position to be again engaged by said cam; but in this movement of the latch-

page_text: bar it is first disengaged from the clutch shifter 51, by being lifted by the
attendant; when the connected shifter spring 55 will shift the cluteli from the
pulley 45 to the pulley 44. As the latch-bar rests freely upon the clutch-shifter 51,
as in Fig. 12, and slides upon it in returning the lever 53 to its normal position
the notch of the latch will again by its weight engage the clutch-shifter in
readiness to again shift the clutch by the action of the cam in the rotation of the
*crank:
That the movement and speed of the carriage and the rotation and speed of
the gathering-iron may be more clearly-understood as produced by the revolution
of the crank-shaft cams the following is the order, step by step, of such movements
of the machine operating with the solid gathering-iron for pressed ware.
Referring to Figs. 1, 4, 13 and 16 the carriage will be understood as moving
forward under the fast speed of the drive-pulley 44, with the crank 25 descending
to engage its cam 39 with the shifting levers. The gathering-iron on entering
the chamber is caused to dip, thereby partially immersing its gathering end
into the glass and at this time the said cam 39 is brought into engagement with
the lever 53, causing it to shift the clutch from the drive-pulley 44 to the drive-
puiley 45, Fig. 15, and thereby slow the movement of the carriage while the end
of the iron is skimming the glass. At the same time the said cam 39 has also
engaged the lever 40, causing it to shift the shaft 31 to engage the friction-
gear 34 35 and thereby accelerate the rotation of the line-shatt 24 to rapidly
rotate the iron while it is gathering the glass. In the top view, Fig. 15, this
cam 39 is seen as descending and engaging the two levers at the same time,
and it leaves them at the same time, and while engaged with them it holds the
shifted parts in their positions long enough to effect the purpose of shifting the
clutch and the gear. This cam 39 therefore gives a slow forward movement and
a rapid rotation of the gathering-iron while it is in the glass; but as soon as
the cam passes its engagement with the shifting-levers and the crank passes its
dead-center the clutch is again quickly engaged with the fast pulley 44, as in
Fig. 13, and the shaft 31. is again engaged with the line-shaft, causing the iron
Other-
to rotate slowly, this while it is rising and swinging out to the mold.
wise the glass would tend to be thrown off by centrifugal force. In the meantime
the releasing of the clutch-lever causes it to again engage the pulley 44 to give
a rapid outward movement to the carriage to bring the iron as quickly as possible
to the press, this speed being necessary to give the press the glass while it is
hot and ready to drop from it. At the time or just before the crank reaches
its other dead-center in its rotation and about as the iron reaches the mold the
end cam 55 is brought into engagement with the shifting-lever, Figs. 9
and 14 but this cum is caused to shift them only to an extent that will place
the clutch out of engagement with the drive-pulleys, and thereby stop the move-
ment of the carriage and place the line-shaft out of engagement and thereby
'stop the rotation of the gathering-iron, which at this time drops off the track-
wedge, and the glass is at the same time dropped from the iron into the mold.
The glass having been dropped, the attendant raises the latch-bar 52, releasing
the clutch-shifter 51, which by its spring 55. again engages the clutch with the
pulley 44, Fig. 13, and drives the carriage quickly forward, returning the iron in
position to again enter the chamber to repeat the operation. In releasing the
clutch to make this shift the latch-bar is again, by its spring 101, automatically
engaged with the said clutch-shifter to again shift the clutch.
It will be understood that many of the devices 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 elements or
features are not essential to the invention herein covered. As a matter of fact,
however, while I have shown' and described the machine in its relation to the
gathering instrument and its holder, yet it is apparent that the machine is com

page_text: plete in its organization without the presence of the gathering instrument in
its holder.
I have illustrated in the accompanying drawings the invention claimed herein
in a machine whereby a solid gathering-iron and a gathering-blowpipe may be
separately used for the separate operations which I have described, and as to all
and every matter of the devices and combinations of devices embraced in such
machine, other than those which belong to and are in combinative relation as
to all matters embodied in said claims and which appertain to and are particularly
directed to and employed with a solid gathering-iron in the operation of the
machine for the manufacture of pressed ware, they are embodied in a separaté
application for a Patent No. 5179 filed by me of even date herewith for such
machine in its adaptation and use for the operations of gathering and delivering
glass with a gathering-blowpipe and therefore are not claimed herein.
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. In a machine for gathering glass in the manufacture of glassware, and in
combination with a gathering-iron holder, means constructed and arranged to
move the holder toward and from the glass, means automatically to advance the
holder under a slow movement in contact with the glass and means automatically
to cause said holder to have a rapid rotation while under its slow limited advance,
whereby the gathering action of the gathering-iron is quickened to take up the
proper quantity of glass within the period of contact movement of the iron
therewith.
2. For gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of glassware, a
gathering-iron and a carriage therefor, and mechanism automatically for moving
said carriage to carry the iron rapidly to a chamber containing the glass, slowing
the carriage while gathering the glass, and rapidly swinging the iron while
moving to deliver the glass, means automatically to operate said iron to gather the
glass by a rapid rotating action upon the surface of the glass, and means auto-
imatically to slow the rotation of the iron while moving to deliver the gather.
3. For gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of glassware, a
gathering instrument, means for reciprocating it, a flexible shaft connecting it
and gear mechanism connecting and rotating said flexible shaft for rotating the
gathering instrument.
4. For gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of glass ware, a
gathering instrument, a chuck therefor, means for rotating said chuck, a recipro-
cating carriage for said instrument, gear mechanism on said carriage connecting
the driving power, and a flexible shaft intermediately connecting the chuck
gearing and the power driving-gear.
5. For gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of glassware, and in
combination with a gathering instrument, a reciprocating carriage and a laterally-
swinging device for said instrument mounted upon said carriage, a rotating
line-shaft, a flexible shaft connected to rotate said instrument, and gear mechanism
connecting said flexible shaft and line-shaft, the mounting for the gathering
instrument and the mounting for the swing device being concentric with each
other.
6. For gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of glassware, the
combination with a carriage, and a line-shaft, a gathering instrument mounted
upon said carriage and gear mechanism connecting the gathering instrument with
said line-shaft, the said connection having a free sliding movement on said shaft,
means for reciprocating said carriage and means for rotating the line-shaft whereby
to effect the rotation of the gathering instrument.
7. For gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of glassware, and in
combination with a gathering instrument, a reciprocating carriage therefor, and
a chuck for said instrument mounted upon said carriage, a rotating line-shaft, gear
mechanism connecting the line-shaft and carriage and having sliding connection

page_text: with said shaft and a flexible shaft connecting said gear mechanism and chuck
whereby to rotate the same.
gear
S. For gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of glassware, and in
combination with a gathering instrument, and a reciprocating carriage therefor,
a line-shaft, a gear splined to slide thereon, a swing-carriage for said instru-
ment and a chuck thereon for said instrument, having a gear 14 and
mechanism connecting the line-shaft and chuck, consisting of the gear 19, 20,
22 connecting the fine-shaft gear 23, the flexible shaft 17 connecting the
gear 19, and the gear 15 on the swing-carrier connecting the said chuck-gear 14
with the flexible shaft for operation in the way described.
9. or gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of glassware, and in
combination with a gathering instrument, a chuck-shaft 12 therefor, a plug-pin 16,
gear 14, 15 engaging said chuck-shaft and plug-pin, the flexible shaft 17 fixed to
said plug-pin, the shaft 18 connecting the flexible shaft, and gear mechanism
connecting the said shaft 18, and the driving power as a means for rotating the
gathering instrument.
10. In a machine for gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of
glassware, and in combination with a gathering instrument, a carriage therefor
and a crank-arm for reciprocating said carriage and an arm on the crank-shaft
in line with said crank, of cams on the crank-arm, a shifting-lever arranged to
receive the action of said cams in a revolution of the crank, and a clutch device
connecting said lever whereby to control the movements of the carriage in the way
and for the purpose stated.
11. In a machine for gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of
glassware, and in combination with a gathering instrument, a carriage therefor,
and a crank for reciprocating said carriage and an arm on the crank-shaft in line
with said crank, of cams on crank-arms, a shifting-lever arranged to receive the
action of said cams in a revolution of the crank, a clutch device, connecting the
driven power, and a latch-bar connecting the shifting-lever and clutch for con-
trolling the movements of the carriage.
12. In a machine for gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of glass-
ware, and in combination with a gathering instrument, a carriage therefor, the
crank-shaft connecting said carriage having an arm in line with said crank,
cams on the crank-arm, a shifting-lever, a line-shaft, means connecting it with
the gathering instrument and means connecting the said shifting-lever and line-
shaft, whereby to effect and control the rotation of the gathering instrument by
the rotating action of said canis.
13. In a machine for gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of
glassware, and in combination with a gathering instrument, a carriage therefor,
the crank-shaft having cams carried by arms at opposite sides of said shaft,
shifting-levers arranged to receive the action of said cams, a line-shaft, a clutch
device connecting one of said shifting-levers, a shifting shaft driven from the
clutch-shaft and connecting the other of said shifting-levers, gear mechanism con-
necting the shifting shaft and the line-shaft and gear mechanism connecting
the line-shaft and the gathering instrument, whereby the reciprocation of the
carriage and the rotation of the gathering instrument are controlled.
14. In a machine for gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of
glassware, and in combination with a gathering instrument, a pivotally-mounted
swing-carrier therefor, a spring-sustained shelf for said carrier, a lever device
for engaging said shelf, and an adjustable incline whereby the dipping movement
of the gathering instrument is regulated to the level of the glass in a chamber.
15. In a machine for gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of
glassware and in combination with a gathering instrument a pivotally-mounted
swinging-carrier therefor and a reciprocating carriage and a track on said
carriage of a spring-suspended shelf 64 arranged to form a junction with said
track, a lever device on the carriage for engaging said shelf and an incline, for
the purpose stated.
16. In apparatus for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a

page_text: swing-carrier provided with an instrument for gathering a quota of glass, and
a fast and slow actuating mechanism, of operating mechanism for the gathering
instrument including a changeable-speed gearing, a clutch device, and means for
shifting the clutch device, and simultaneously actuating the changeable-speed
gearing whereby the gathering instrument is advanced slowly when nearing the
limit of its forward movement and at the same time rotated at a higher rate of
speed in its gathering function.
17. In apparatus for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a
swing-carrier, an instrument for collecting a quota of glass by a skimming and
a rotary action, a fast and a slow operating mechanism therefor, and actuating
mechanism for the gathering instrument including a changeable-speed gearing, of
a clutch, and means for simultaneously shifting the clutch and changing the
relation of the aforesaid speed-gearing whereby the gathering instrument is
advanced more slowly when nearing the limit of its forward movement and is
at the same time rotated at a higher rate of speed, in its gathering function.
18. In apparatus for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a
swing-carrier provided with an instrument for gathering a quota of glass by a
rotary and a skimming action, a fast and a slow mechanism therefor, and actuating
mechanism for the gathering instrument including a changeable-speed gearing,
of a clutch-device, a clutch-shifter and a cam operatively connected with the
actuating mechanism for simultaneously shifting the clutch and the changeable-
speed gearing to accelerate the rotation of the gathering instrument and at the
same time diminish the relative speed of its advance when picking up a quota of
glass.
19. In an apparatus for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a
swing-carrier, an instrument for gathering a quota of glass by a combined rotary
and skimming action, a fast and a slow actuating mechanism therefor and operat-
ing mechanism for the gathering instrument including a changeable-speed gear-
ing, of a clutch device, a pivoted arm 41 connecting and actuating the aforedescribed
speed-gearing, a cam for simultaneously operating the clutch and the aforesaid
pivoted arm to cause the gathering instrument to rotate more rapidly and advance
more slowly when nearing the limit of its forward travel, and a second cam for
operating the said clutch device to throw the gathering instrument out of action
when it reaches the limit of its backward movement.
20. In apparatus for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a
gathering instrument, means for advancing and withdrawing said gathering instru-
ment and causing it to pick up a quota of glass by a combined rotary and skimming
action, a fast and a slow mechanism therefor, operating mechanism including
a changeable-speed gearing for rotating the gathering instrument of a clutch
device, an operating-arm 41 for shifting the changeable-speed gearing, a cam in
connection with the operating mechanism for simultaneously shifting the clutch
device and the said operating-arm to accelerate the rotation of the gathering
instrument and simultaneously diminish the speed of its forward movement when
gathering the glass, and a second cam for throwing the gathering instrument and
its carrying means out of action.
21. In an apparatus for the manufacture of glassware, the combination, with
a swing-carrier bearing a gathering instrument, and actuating mechanism, of a
line-shaft, actuating mechanism therefor and a train of gear connections between
the gathering instrument and the line-shaft and movable with reference to the
latter whereby a rotary motion is imparted to the gathering instrument from the
line-shaft at all stages of movement of the swing-carrier.
22. In apparatus for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a
swing-carrier, a gathering instrument, and a line-shaft and actuating mechanism
therefor, of a train of connections between the gathering instrument and the line
shaft and including a gear element slidably mounted upon said line-shaft and
rotatable therewith to transmit motion from the line-shaft to the gathering instru-
ment.

page_text: 23. In-apparatus for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a
swing-carrier bearing a gathering instrument, a line-shaft, and actuating
mechanism therefor including a changeable speed gearing, of a train of con-
nections between the gathering instrument and the line-shaft including a gear
element slidably mounted upon the line-shaft and constructed to rotate therewith
to transmit motion to the gatliering, instrument at all stages of its movement,
substantially as set forth.
24 In apparatus for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a
swing-carrier a gathering instrument, a line-shaft, and a train. of connections
between the gathering instrument and the line-shaft, including a gear element
slidably mounted upon the line-shaft and rotatable therewith, of a second shaft 36
in gear with the line-shaft, an endwise-movable shaft, gear elements of different
size secured to the endwise-movable shaft to engage with, respectively,
corresponding gear elements of the line-shaft or the aforedescribed second shaft 36
according as the line-shaft is to be driven at a comparatively slow or high speed,
and means for shifting the endwise-movable shaft to cause the gear elements
carried thereby to engage with the corresponding co-operating gear elements to
impart a fast or a slow rotary movement to the gathering instrument.
25. In a machine for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a
swing-carrier a gathering instrument, a line-shaft, and a train of connections
between the line shaft and the gathering instrument embracing a gear element
slidable upon the line-shaft and rotatable therewith, of an endwise-movable shaft,
companion gear elements 32, 33 between the line-shaft and the endwise-movable
shaft, a short shaft 36 parallel with the line-shaft and in gear therewith and
provided with a gear element 35, a gear element 34 of comparatively large diameter
secured to the endwise-movable shaft and adapted to be brought into contact
with the gear element 35 of the short shaft to rotate the line-shaft at a com-
paratively high rate of speed, and means for shifting the endwise-movable shaft,
substantially as set forth.
26. In a machine for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a
swing-carrier, provided with a gathering instrument, a line-shaft, and a train of
connections between the gathering instrument and the line-shaft including a gear
element slidably mounted upon the line-shaft and rotatable therewith, of an
endwise-movable shaft, a changeable-speed gearing between the endwise-movable
shaft and the line-shaft, a fast and a slow driven pulley, a clutch device, a clutch-
shifter, a latch-bar adapted to make engagement with said clutch-shifter and
moans for simultaneously moving the latch-bar and the aforedescribed endwise-
movable shaft to accelerate the rotation of the gathering instrument and decrease
the speed of its forward movement when picking up a quota of glass, substantially
as set forth.
27. In a machine for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a
swing-carrier provided with a gathering instrument, a line-shaft, and a train of
connections between the line-shaft and the gathering instrument, of an endwise-
movable shaft, a changeable-speed gearing between the endwise-movable shaft
and the aforesaid line-shaft, a fast and a slow driven pulley, a clutch device,
means for normally holding the clutch device in engagement with the
fast-driven pulley, a clutch-shifter, રી pivoted latch-bar adapted to
make engagement with said clutch-shifter to throw the clutch and
means for simultaneously operating the latch-bar and the aforedescribed endwise-
movable shaft to accelerate the rotation of the gathering instrument and lessen
the speed of its forward movement when picking up a quota of glass.
28. In a machine for the manufacture of glass-ware, the combina
tion with a swing-carrier, a gathering instrument, and a train of con-
nections for transmitting rotary motion to the gathering instrument including a
changeable-speed gearing, of a fast and a slow driven pulley, a clutch device,
a spring-actuated clutch-shifter, a latch-bar adapted to make engagement with
the clutch-shifter, a lever 53 having pivotal connection with the latch-bar, and

page_text: means for simultaneously shifting the clutch device and the changcable-speed
gearing to advance the gathering instrument more slowly and accelerate its
rotation when picking up a quota of glass.
29. In apparatus for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a
swing-carrier provided with a gathering instrument, a shaft 26, and a crank
connection between said shaft and the swing-carrier, of a fast and a slow driven
pulley loosely mounted upon the clutch, gear engaging the said shafts, a train
of connections between the clutch-shaft and the gathering instrument including a
changeable-speed gearing, a clutch device, a clutch-shifter, and a cam carried by
the crank-shaft to effect a simultaneous shifting of the clutch device and the speed-
gearing to accelerate the rotation of the gathering instrument and decrease the
speed of its forward movement when picking up a quota of glass.
30. In a machine for the manufacture of glassware the combination with the
swing-carrier, a gathering instrument, a shaft 26, a crank connection between
said shaft and the swing-carrier, a clutch-shaft and a train of connections between
the said shaft and the gathering instrument including a changeable-speed gearing,
of a fast and a slow driven pulley loosely mounted upon the clutch-shaft, a clutch
device mounted to slide upon and rotate with the said clutch-shaft and adapted to
throw either of the said pulleys into operation, a clutch-shifter, and cams applied
to the arms of the crank-shaft and disposed about at diametrically opposite
points, one of the cams being adapted to shift the clutch and the speed-gearing
to accelerate the rotation of the gathering instrument and diminish its forward
movement when picking up a quota of glass, and the other cam for throwing the
machine out of gear substantially as set forth.
31. In a machine for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a
swing-carrier provided with an instrument for gathering a quota of glass by a
combined rotary and skimming action, a shaft having a crank connection with the
swing-carrier, a clutch shaft provided with a fast and a slow driven clutch pulley
and geared to the crank-shaft, and a train of connections between the gathering
instrument and the fast-driven pulley including a changeable-speed gearing, of
a clutch-device, a latch-bar, a spring-actuated clutch-shifter adapted to be engaged
by the latch-bar, a horizontally-pivoted arm 41, vertically-arranged levers having
pivotal connection with the latch-bar and said pivoted arm, respectively, and cams
applied to the said crank and arm and located at diametrically opposite points for
operating the latch-bar and pivoted arm, substantially as and for the purpose set
forth.
32. In a machine for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a
swing-carrier a gathering instrument supported by said carrier and movable
therewith, and a shaft disposed at right angles vertically to the gathering instru-
ment, of a flexible shafting for transmitting motion from the said shaft to the
gathering instrument, and actuating mechanism for the said shaft, substantially
as set forth.
33. In a machine for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a
swing-carrier, a gathering instrument supported by and movable with said carrier,
and a shaft IS disposed at right angles to the gathering instrument, of a flexible
shaft for transmitting motion from the said shaft to the gathering instrument,
actuating mechanism, including the line-shaft and gearing between the said line-
shaft and the said shaft 18 for imparting motion thereto, substantially as described.
34. In a machine for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a
swing-carrier, a turntable for said carrier and movable therewith and a gathering
instrument mounted on said carrier, and mechanism for operating the turn-table
during the reciprocating movements of said carrier to swing the gathering instru-
ment laterally to bring the quota of glass into position for forming and again
returning said instrument to a normal position, of actuating mechanism including
a line-shaft, and a train of connections between the said line-shaft and the gather-
ing instrument, including a vertical shaft 18 concentric with the axis of said turn-
table and independent thereof, substantially as described.

page_text: 35. In a machine for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a
swing-carrier a turn-table, a gathering instrument mounted on said carrier and
means for effecting a lateral movement of the turn-table during the travel of the
carrier to swing the gathering instrument laterally, of a shaft concentric with the
turn-table and having connection with the gathering instrument to impart a
rotary movement thereto at all stages of its movement, actuating mechanism
including a line-shaft, and gearing between the line-shaft and the said concentric
shaft including an element slidable upon and rotatable with the line-shaft, sub-
stantially as described.
36. In a machine for the manufacture of glass-ware the combination of a
reciprocating carriage, a turn-table, means for effecting a turning of the table,
a swing-carrier having pivotal connection with the turn-table, and a gathering
instrument, means substantially as set forth for swinging the turn-table and
depressing the pivoted carrier to dip the receiving end of the gathering instru
ment into the molten glass, a shaft concentric with the turn-table and operatively
connected with the driving mechanism, and a flexible shafting connecting the
said concentric shaft with the gathering instrument, substantially as described.
37. In a machine for the manufacture of glass-ware, the combination with the
reciprocating carriage, a turn-table on the carriage, and a swing-carrier having
pivotal connection with the turn-table about in line with its axis and a gathering
instrument, of a shaft concentric with the turn-table, a flexible shafting for trans-
mitting motion from said shaft to the gathering instrument, and a train of con-
nections for imparting motion to the said concentric shaft including a line-shaft,
and gearing having an element slidable upon and rotatable with the line-shaft,
substantially as set forth.
38. In a machine for the manufacture of glass-ware, the combination with a
reciprocating carriage, a swing-carrier carrying a gathering-iron mounted thereon.
and means for swinging said carrier laterally, of a track for supporting the swing
end of the arm, having an upward incline at the rear end of the track terminat-
ing in a shoulder to cause the swing end of the carrier to rise and drop suddenly
to effect a positive dislodgment of the glass from the gathering iron when its
receiving end is directly above the press-mold, substantially as set forth.
39. In a machine for the manufacture of glass-ware, the combination with a
reciprocating carriage, a turn-table, applied to one side of the carriage, means for
swinging the turn-table during the reciprocating movement of the carriage, a
gathering instrument supported by means of the turn-table, and a shaft concentric
with the turn-table and adapted to transmit a rotary movement to the gathering
instrument of a corresponding turn-table applied to the opposite side
of the carriage, and al gathering instrument, intermeshing gearing
connecting the two turn-tables for effecting a simultaneous swing thereof, in
opposite directions, -a shaft concentric with the second turn-table and adapted
to transmit motion to the gathering instrument supported thereby, gear elements
applied to the aforesaid concentric shafts, and an intermediate gear element inter-
meshing with the gear elements of the concentric shafts, whereby to actuate the
gathering instruments with simultaneous and identical movements.
40. For gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of glassware, a
plurality of gathering instruments means for rotating, dipping and swinging
laterally one of the gathering instruments, and including gearing between the
gathering instruments whereby they receive simultaneous and identical swinging
and rotating movements.
41. For gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of glassware and in
combination with a reciprocating carriage, the swing-arm 10 pivotally mounted
on said carriage, and having near its pivoted end a chuck, and at its swing end a
pair of rolls, of a gathering-iron secured within said chuck, resting upon said
rolls and having a collar abutting said rolls and means for rotating said chuck
whereby the gathering-iron is held in its chuck.
42. In a machine for gathering glass in the manufacture of glassware, and in

page_text: combination with a gathering-iron holder, means to cause the holder to be moved
toward and from the glass, an independent vertically-movable support for said
holder, means arranged and constructed to allow the free descent of the holder
and means for adjusting its descent, whereby the limit of the dipping movement
of the gathering-iron is increased for the purpose stated.
Dated this 9th day of March 1899