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Apparatus and method for conveying gobs of glass to a glass container forming machine

  • US 20020046575A1
  • Filed: 08/30/2001
  • Published: 04/25/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A trough assembly for conveying gobs of formable glass along a downwardly inclined path from an oscillating distributor of an I.S. glass container forming machine, said trough assembly comprising:

  • a trough member having a configuration, in cross-section, generally corresponding to that of an upwardly facing V with an opposed pair of legs joined, at bottom ends thereof, in a rounded bight, the legs being spaced apart, at upper free ends, by a greater distance than a width of a largest gob in a wide range of gob sizes to be passed through the trough assembly, the bight having a radius smaller than a smallest size of the gobs in the range of gob sizes;

    a manifold underlying the trough member and extending for a substantial distance along the trough member, the manifold having a configuration, in cross-section, of an upwardly facing U, the trough member being inserted in the manifold partly to a bottom thereof; and

    means for causing compressed or fan air to flow into the manifold to cool the trough member.

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