Patent ID: 8061161

Claim:
A molded glass product manufacturing method using a molten glass dropping nozzle, the nozzle having a molten glass flow path therein for flowing molten glass, and having a plurality of openings provided on a flat surface of a front end thereof, the flat surface defining a distal end of the nozzle with no structure protruding forward of the flat surface, the method comprising the steps of: dropping a molten glass drop from the nozzle and supplying the molten drop to a lower die; molding the supplied molten glass drop under pressure by use of a molding die including the lower die and an upper die; wherein the molten glass emerges from the plurality of openings, and is merged at the front end of the nozzle to form a single molten glass drop; and wherein the molten glass flowing out of the plurality of openings accumulates at the flat surface of the front end of the nozzle, and is separated from the flat surface as a single molten glass drop.