Patent ID: 7451622

Claim:
A mold open and close mechanism for an I.S. glass forming machine comprising: a mold carrier for carrying at least one mold, the mold including two halves, with each mold half including a locating key; a support structure configured to support the mold carrier for linear displacement between mold open and mold closed positions; a drive mechanism connected to the mold carrier for displacing the mold carrier between the mold open and closed positions; and the mold carrier having a vertical front mounting face portion including for each mold half: a locating structure for locating a mold, the structure including a lower and an upper pair of lugs in a spaced apart relationship and defining a vertically extended T-shape slot configured to receive the locating key of a least one mold half, and a flat vertical face for transferring clamping forces to a carried mold, wherein the mold half is aligned vertically and horizontally in the mold carrier.