Patent ID: 7913518

Claim:
A process for pushing at least one hollow glass object from a dead plate of a glass forming machine onto a moving conveyor belt positioned adjacent to said dead plate, said conveyor belt moving along a line of motion, said process comprising: providing a push-off unit adjacent to said dead plate and said conveyor belt; pushing said object with said push-off unit from a starting point on said dead plate to a contact point on said conveyor belt along a curved path, said curved path tangentially intersecting said line of motion at said contact point; pushing said object with said push-off unit from said contact point to a release point on said conveyor belt along a linear path oriented along said line of motion of said conveyor belt, said push-off unit carrying out said pushing step from said contact point by moving in contact with said object along said linear path oriented along said line of motion of said conveyor belt; releasing said object from said push-off unit at said release point; and moving said push-off unit to said starting point.