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Apparatuses for holding and retaining glass articles

  • US 9,845,263 B2
  • Filed: 07/24/2015
  • Issued: 12/19/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for holding and retaining glass articles during processing, the apparatus comprising:

  • a base frame comprising a bottom support plate;

    a plurality of ware keepers positioned on the bottom support plate, wherein each ware keeper of the plurality of ware keepers comprises a plurality of retention bodies formed from wire segments and defining a ware receiving volume therebetween, wherein each retention body comprises;

    a base connection stem engaged with the bottom support plate;

    a seat segment contiguous with the base connection stem and positioned over and substantially parallel to the bottom support plate;

    a lower segment coupled to the seat segment;

    a body segment coupled to the lower segment and extending away from the bottom support plate, the lower segment positioned between the seat segment and the body segment;

    a retention segment coupled to the body segment, wherein a diameter of the ware receiving volume enclosed by the retention segment is less than a diameter of the ware receiving volume enclosed by the body segment; and

    a lever segment coupled to the retention segment, wherein the seat segments of the retention bodies form a ware seat positioned above and substantially parallel to the bottom support plate, the ware seat defining a bottom of the ware receiving volume and configured to support a glass article thereon such that a bottom of the glass article rests directly on the ware seat.

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