Formation of glass articles

A glass forming apparatus of the press-and-blow type comprising a press moulding station (5) and a blow moulding station (18), the apparatus being provided with a transfer means (12) adapted to transfer a hollow blank from the press moulding station (5) to the blow moulding station (18) and to rotat...

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Main Authors DAVID WILLIAM ORWIN, LESLIE WASHINGTON SADDOO, ROGER ANDREW SMITH
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 05.01.1996
Edition6
Subjects
CHEMISTRY
GLASS
MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
METALLURGY
MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
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Summary:A glass forming apparatus of the press-and-blow type comprising a press moulding station (5) and a blow moulding station (18), the apparatus being provided with a transfer means (12) adapted to transfer a hollow blank from the press moulding station (5) to the blow moulding station (18) and to rotate the hollow blank about its vertical axis, and/or provided with a retractable gob deflector (11a) adapted to receive a glass gob from a gob feeder and to deflect the glass gob into the blank mould (5), and/or provided with a blow mould (18) comprising two or more mould parts (18a, 18b) and adapted to open or close by relative linear movement of the two or more mould parts (18a, 18b).
Bibliography:Application Number: AU19950027885