Patent ID: 8316670

Claim:
A glassware forming machine that includes: a machine section box having an upwardly directed cooling air outlet opening, a mold arm disposed above said section box and movable between mold-open and mold-closed positions, an air manifold carried by said mold arm overlying said section box and said outlet opening for delivering cooling air to at least one glassware mold carried by said mold arm, said manifold having a cooling air inlet opening aligned with said cooling air outlet opening of said section box, and a valve plate mounted on said section box for movement overlying said outlet opening, and having a valve plate opening aligned with said outlet opening, said valve plate being operatively coupled to said mold arm such that position of said valve plate and overlap between said valve plate opening and said outlet opening vary as a function of motion of said mold arm between said mold-closed and mold-open positions.