Patent ID: 7793520

Claim:
A bottom mold plate mechanism for glassware forming machines, for forming the bottom of a glassware article when it is embraced by a blow mold at a blow forming station, comprising: a bottom mold plate forming the bottom of a glass article; mounting means mounted on a frame plate of the machine section frame, for mounting the bottom plate mold, cooling and vacuum means at said mounting means, for providing a vacuum pressure at the blow mold in order to help the blown of a glass article, and for providing the cooling fluid to cool said bottom mold plate; and height adjusting means placed at the mounting means, for lifting and lowering the whole bottom mold plate mechanism, wherein the cooling and vacuum means for a triple cavity machine, includes: a first vertical passage passing throughout a first fixed block, of the mounting means, for providing a vacuum pressure, a second central passage, and a third and a fourth vertical cooling fluid passages, each at each side of the second central passage, said third and fourth vertical passages providing cooling fluid and said first, third and fourth vertical passages including sealing rings at the first fixed block of the mounting means to avoid fluid leaks; a connecting vacuum passage in communication with the first vertical passage of the first fixed block at a second movable block of said mounting means, for providing a vacuum at the blow mold plates in order to help the blown of a glassware article; two shortened connecting passages at the second movable block of the mounting means, in communication with the vertical cooling passages, of the first fixed block of the mounting means, finishing at a plenum chamber; a first telescopic pipe, coupled to the second movable block of the mounting means, to be slide placed into the passage of the first fixed block, and a second and third telescopic pipes coupled to the second movable block in coincidence with the shortened connecting passages thereof, and introduced into the passages of the first fixed block, to avoid fluid leaks when the second movable block is lifted for height adjustment by the height adjusting means; a connecting vacuum passage, at the spacing block, for communication of the vacuum from the first fixed block and second movable block; a plenum chamber at spacing block communicated with the plenum chamber of the second movable block, for cooling fluid; a passage network at a distribution plate for communicating the vacuum communicated through the passage of a spacing block to help the article formation; and three central passages at a bottom mold-carrier plate for providing the cooling fluid, to the bottom mold plates, each surrounded by a plurality of orifices for applying vacuum through the distribution plate.