Patent ID: 7426990

Claim:
A pusher mechanism for pushing bottles formed in an I.S. machine through an angle of about 90° from a deadplate to a moving conveyor comprising a pocket finger assembly including a pocket finger arm having at least one pocket for receiving a bottle on the dead plate, a first motor, a lower housing, an upper housing, a first driven gear, having a hollow center, mounted in said lower housing for rotation about a first vertical axis, said first driven gear secured to said upper housing, first coupling means for interconnecting said first motor and said first driven gear for rotating said upper housing about said first axis, a second motor, a second driven gear rotatably mounted on said upper housing for rotation about a second axis parallel to said first axis, a first shaft axially vertically upwardly extending from said second driven gear, said pocket finger assembly secured to said first shaft for rotation about said second vertical axis, second coupling means including a second vertically extending shaft extending through said hollow center of said first driven gear for interconnecting said second motor and said second driven gear.