Patent ID: 7814766

Claim:
A stacker bar assembly for glass article fabrication, comprising: a push bar movable inwardly and outwardly with respect to an annealing furnace during operation; a bracket secured to the push bar; a pin fixed to and extending upwardly from the bracket; a pad for contacting and pushing a glass article into an annealing furnace during operation; the pad slidingly and conformingly engaged on the fixed pin and having a vertical freedom of movement on the fixed pin, the pad having an original position for contacting a glass article, the pad being spaced apart from and free of contact with the push bar, whereby when the push bar moves inwardly with respect to the annealing furnace, the attached bracket, pin, and pad move therewith, and whereby when an out of position glass article is contacted by the pad, the pad may move upwardly on the fixed pin thereby accommodating the out of position glass article, whereby when the out of position glass article is removed the pad may readily slide downward to the original position.