Patent ID: 8186181

Claim:
An apparatus installable on a preexisting glass mold machine for applying a lubricant material to a mold body for a glass mold that opens and closes during a glass molding operation comprising: a frame supported on the machine; a manifold mounted on said frame having a plurality of material flow paths, each of said flow paths having an inlet into said manifold and an outlet from said manifold; a plurality of spray guns, each of said spray guns having a material inlet connected to a supply of lubricant material and a material outlet connected to one of said inlets to said manifold; a plurality of tubing sections, each of said tubing sections connected to one of said outlets of said manifold; and a plurality of nozzles supported on said frame, each of said nozzles connected to one of said tubing sections, wherein each of said spray guns supplies lubricant material under pressure to one or more of said nozzles to be sprayed from said nozzles onto the mold body and wherein each of said spray guns is turned on and off by input signals from a controller, said frame comprising a first leg and a second leg extending away from said manifold, said first leg supporting at least one tubing section and at least one nozzle connected to said tubing section, and said second leg supporting at least one tubing section and at least one nozzle connected to said tubing section.