Patent ID: 8104310

Claim:
An assembly for opening/closing a glassware molding machine mold comprising two half-molds movable with respect to each other; the assembly comprising a supporting structure; two actuating arms hinged to said supporting structure to rotate about respective parallel, substantially vertical, fixed hinge axes, and each fitted to a respective half-mold; and drive means for rotating said actuating arms about the respective said fixed hinge axes, and moving said half-molds between an open position and a closed position; said drive means comprising actuating means, and a mechanical transmission interposed between said actuating arms and said actuating means; and the assembly being characterized in that said actuating means comprise a central linear actuator, and two lateral linear actuators located substantially on opposite sides of said central actuator; said actuators having respective movable members translating respectively along a central axis and two lateral axes parallel to one another and to said fixed hinge axes; the central axis being located at a distance from a plane of the lateral axes; and said mechanical transmission comprising an input member translating along said central axis.