Patent ID: 6993935

Claim:
The process for blowing glass containers in a mold of a glass container forming machine and for transporting blown containers from the mold to a deadplate of the glass container forming machine, the process comprising: providing a first combined takeout and blowhead mechanism; injecting air into a first group of containers through the first combined takeout and blowhead mechanism while the containers are in the mold to blow preforms of the containers into containers; grasping the first group of blown containers by the first combined takeout and blowhead mechanism; transferring the first group of blown glass containers grasped by the first combined takeout and blowhead mechanism to a deadplate and releasing the first group of blown glass containers at the deadplate; providing a second combined takeout and blowhead mechanism; injecting air into a second group of glass containers being blown in the molds of the forming machine through the second combined takeout and blowhead mechanism while the containers are in the mold to blow preforms of the containers into containers; grasping the second group of blown glass containers by the second combined takeout and blowhead mechanism; and transferring the second combined takeout and blowhead mechanism from the mold to the deadplate while transferring the first combined takeout and blowhead mechanism from the deadplate to the mold without contact between the first combined takeout and blowhead mechanism and the second combined takeout and blowhead mechanism.