Patent ID: 7958749

Claim:
A glassware mold bottom plate mounting arrangement in a glassware forming machine, which includes: a base and a cap plate on said base, a floating ring captured by said cap plate on said base for limited lateral movement with respect to said base and said cap plate, wherein said floating ring has an annular flange that underlies said cap plate, a hollow spud rigidly secured to said floating ring and extending from said floating ring, a cooling wind passage in said base opening through said hollow spud, a vacuum passage in said base opening through said floating ring at a position spaced from said spud, and a glassware mold bottom plate removably telescopically received over said floating ring and said spud, said bottom plate having a central air passage received over said spud, an annular recess received over said floating ring, and a peripheral air passage that opens into said annular recess such that said central and peripheral air passages open to said cooling wind and said vacuum passages in said base through said spud and said floating ring respectively.