METHOD AND MACHINE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HOLLOW GLASSWARE

Method and machine for the production of hollow glassware

Method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles

The invention relates to a method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware, such as bottles, jars, glasses and other glass items, by means of the following processes: blowing-blowing, pressing-blowing, paste mould pressing-blowing or direct pressing, in glassware-forming machines comprising multiple sections. The inventive method comprises the following steps: a first preform or parison is formed in an inverted orientation in a parison mould and a first transferable crown mould which is supported by an inversion apparatus comprising a first arm and a second, diametrically-opposed arm which can be rotated by 180 DEG in an indexed manner, each of said arms supporting a crown mould; the parison supported by the first crown mould is inverted by rotating the first arm by 180 DEG ata vertical orientation towards an intermediary station, thereby enabling the parison to be reheated and stretched in said station, while the second arm with the second crown mould is simultaneously positioned ...

Method and machine for the production of hollow glassware

Method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles

Gob Distributor for a Machine for Forming Glass Articles

A gob distributor for a glassware forming machine includes a housing; an arcuate or straight scoop located above the housing, having an upper end aligned at all times with an orifice of a feeder, and which radially moves so that its lower end coincides with the upper ends of straight fixed channels of a forming machine; an independent support structure connected by each scoop; at least one first shaft vertically placed within the housing to rotate on its own axis; at least one second shaft horizontally or vertically placed within the housing to rotate on its own axis, including a second gear section, each first gear section and each second gear section are coupled together to form a housing gear; and drive means coupled at each end of each second shaft to simultaneously move the supporting structures and scoops, radially. 1. A gob distributor for a glassware forming machine , comprising:a housing;at least one arcuate or straight scoop located above the housing, wherein each scoop has an upper end aligned at all times with at least one orifice of a feeder, wherein each scoop moves radially so that its lower end coincides, in a predetermined order, with the upper ends of straight or curved fixed channels of the forming machine, to conduct gobs towards article forming molds;an independent supporting structure connected by each scoop;at least one first shaft vertically placed within the housing to rotate on its own axis, wherein one upper end of each first shaft extends outside the housing to connect each independent supporting structure; wherein each first shaft comprises a first gear section for motion transmission;at least one second shaft placed horizontally or vertically within the housing to rotate on its own axis, wherein one end of each second shaft extends out of the housing; wherein each second shaft comprises a second gear section for motion transmission; where each first gear section of each first shaft and, each second gear section of each second shaft are ...

Takeout Mechanism for Machines for Forming Glass Objects

A takeout mechanism for glassware forming machines includes: a supporting structure; an oscillating arm connected by a first end, in pivot form, to a movement transmission system to move the oscillating arm with an angular movement; and, a takeout tong head coupled at a second end of the oscillating arm. The oscillating arm comprises a hollow housing, a first fixed shaft coupled at the first end of the housing; first cam means coupled to the first fixed axis; a second rotating shaft coupled at the second end of the housing, spaced parallel to the first shaft, one end being coupled to the takeout tong head; second cam means coupled to the second rotating axis; and linkage means pivotally connecting the first cam means of said first fixed axis and said second cam means of said second rotating axis. 1. A takeout mechanism for glassware forming machines comprising:a supporting structure;drive means coupled to the supporting structure;an oscillating arm comprising a first end and a second end, said oscillating arm being coupled in the first end, in pivoting form, with the drive means, said drive means being able to move said oscillating arm with an angular movement between a first position and a second position; and,a takeout tong head being coupled at the second end of the oscillating arm, which moves in a dependent relationship with the oscillatory movement of said oscillating arm, wherein the oscillating arm comprises:a hollow housing, which has a front wall and a rear wall;a first fixed axis internally coupled at a first end of the housing, which is located horizontally between the front wall and the rear wall of said housing, a first end of the first fixed axis being projected out of the housing to be coupled to the supporting structure;first cam means coupled to the first fixed axis;a second rotating axis coupled at a second end of the housing and located horizontally between the front wall and the rear wall of the housing, said second rotating axis being spaced ...

Method and Mechanism for Opening and Closing Moulds for a Machine for Forming Glass Items

A mold opening and closing mechanism for a machine for forming glass articles includes at least one mold divided into two halves that open and close to form the articles. The halves of the molds are coupled to a pair of supporting arms, each arm being independently mounted opposite the other and separated in a parallel manner with respect to a support structure. The mechanism includes mold synchronizing means mounted so as to move with the mold support arms and to move inwards or outwards to open and close the molds. The mechanism further includes lever means having a first end connected to the support structure, the lever means and the pair of support arms transmitting to the synchronizing means an articulated inward or outward movement to close or open the molds. The mechanism also includes: drive means coupled to the support structure, for imparting an opening and closing movement to the support arms; a double-linkage closing system connected in an articulated manner to the synchronizing means; and a second end connected to the support structurer. The lever means and the pair of support arms transmit an articulated inward or outward movement to the synchronizing means to close or open the molds. The mechanism further includes drive means coupled to the support structure to impart an opening and closing movement to the support arms, and a double-linkage closing system connected in an articulated and independent manner to each of the support arms and to the drive means. 1. A mold opening and closing mechanism for a glassware forming machine of the type that includes at least one mold divided into two halves that open and close for forming glassware , said mold opening and closing mechanism includes:a support structure;a pair of support arms, each being independently mounted opposite one another and separated in parallel on the support structure, each support arm having a first end mounted for movement around a first pivot point, on a first stationary axis that is ...

Rotolinear Mechanism for Glassware Forming Machines

The present invention relates to a roto-linear mechanism for a glassware forming machine adapted to be connected to a funnel-holding arm, a shutter arm, an arm for a blowing head or a similar mechanism, to simultaneously perform an axial and radial movement to each of such arms from a first position to form glass articles to a second position outside the forming process thereof. 1. A rotolinear mechanism for a glassware forming machine adapted to be connected to a funnel holder arm , a shutter arm , an arm for a blowing head or similar mechanism for simultaneously performing an axial and radial movement to each of such arms from a first position for forming articles to a second position outside the article forming process , the rotolinear mechanism is characterized by:a first housing having an open upper end and an open lower end;a first shaft having an upper end and a lower end, such first shaft located in alignment on the internal part of the first housing to internally slide in such first housing, between a first position and a second position, such first shaft includes a hollow passage from its upper end to about half of the total length thereof; such first shaft extends at its lower part beyond the open lower end of the first housing; the funnel holder arm, shutter arm, or arm for a blowing head is attached to the lower end of the first shaft;cam follower means attached to the outer periphery of the first shaft, such cam follower means is located at and below the open lower end of the first housing;linear actuating means coupled in the hollow passage of the first shaft, for converting a rotational motion into a linear motion, such linear actuating means have an upper end and a lower end;drive means coupled to the upper end of the linear actuating means, to provide a swiveling movement to such actuating means to the left or to the right and moving the first shaft between such first position and the second position within such first housing; and,a second housing ...

System and Method for Cooling Moulds for a Machine Used to Form Hollow Glass Items

The present invention relates to mold cooling method and system for a glass container forming machine that includes at least one mold holder including mold halves that are movable between a closed mold position for forming the glass article and an open mold position for releasing said article, each of the mold halves having axial passages for cooling each of the mold halves. A support structure having a fixed upper support section and a movable support section. Means for providing a cooling flow are coupled in coincidence with a series of openings in the movable support section. A cooling flow distributor located above the movable support section, the cooling flow distributor having a lower section in coincidence with each of the openings of the movable support section for the passage of the cooling flow and, a upper section in coincidence with each of the axial passages of each of the halves of each mold, the cooling flow distributor being movable between the closed mold position and the open mold position. 1. A mold cooling system for a glass container forming machine , comprising:at least one mold holder including mold halves, said mold holder and mold halves being movable between a closed mold position for forming a glass article and an open mold position for releasing said article, each of the mold halves having axial passages for cooling each of the halves of the mold;means for providing a cooling flow for each of the axial passages of each of the halves of the molds;a support structure, said support structure including:a fixed upper support section and a movable support section, said fixed upper support section including at least a first series of openings for mounting the means for providing the cooling flow and, a second series of openings for mounting at least a glass article forming mechanism and said movable support section including at least a first series of openings, said means for providing the cooling flow being coupled to the movable support ...

System and Method for Transferring Glass Items

The present invention relates to a system and a method for transferring glass items from machines for shaping glass items of the type that comprises: a rotary cooling platform for receiving, cooling and conveying items formed immediately prior in molds of said shaping machine to a conveyor belt, the rotary cooling platform having a rotational motion towards the left and towards the right, from a first position for receiving items to a second delivery position facing said conveyor belt; first drive means located under the rotary cooling platform in order to rotate same with said rotational motion from said position for receiving items to said second position for delivering items and from said position for delivering items to said position for receiving items; and a pushing mechanism coupled onto the rotary platform, the pushing mechanism being aligned in the first receiving position with each of the recently shaped items of the molds, the pushing mechanism being translated together with said rotary cooling platform from the first position for receiving items to the second position for delivering items; the pushing mechanism having a to-and-fro motion in the second delivery position for pushing the items along a diagonal path, at constant speed, from the rotary cooling platform positioned in said second position towards the conveyor belt in order to place the items aligned above same. 1. A system for transferring glass articles from glassware forming machines of the type comprising:a rotating cooling platform for receiving, cooling and transporting newly formed articles in molds from said forming machine, to a conveyor belt, said rotating cooling platform having a rotational movement to the left and right, from a first article receiving position to a second delivery position in front of that conveyor belt;first driving means located below the rotating cooling platform to rotate it rotate with said a rotational movement from such article receiving position to said ...

Method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles

A method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles, by the blow-and-blow, press-and-blow, press-and-blow paste mold and direct-press processes in a glassware forming machine including single or multiple machine sections each having single or multiple-cavity, comprising: forming a parison in an inverted orientation, into a blank mold and a first transferable and open-able neck ring mold held by an inverting apparatus having a first and a second diametrically opposed arms, each arm holding a transferable and open-able neck ring mold; inverting the parison held by the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold, by rotating the first arm 180° to an upright orientation at an intermediate station, while the second arm with a second transferable and open-able neck ring mold is simultaneously placed at the parison forming station; transferring the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold holding the parison in an upright orientation, from the intermediate station, to a blow mold station, by a transference apparatus; releasing the first parison into a blow mold, and turning back the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold empty to the first arm of the inverting apparatus, at the intermediate station to be placed again at the parison forming station by rotating the first arm additional 180°, completing a 360° turn, while the second arm reaches to the intermediate station; blowing the parison into a blow mold to form a finished article; and transferring the finished article in an upright orientation, once the blow mold is opened, by a take out apparatus, to place it at a dead plate or at a carrying conveyor.

Method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles

A method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles, by the blow-and-blow, press-and-blow, press-and-blow paste mold and direct-press processes in a glassware forming machine including single or multiple machine sections each having single or multiple-cavity, comprising: forming a parison in an inverted orientation, into a blank mold and a first transferable and open-able neck ring mold held by an inverting apparatus having a first and a second diametrically opposed arms, each arm holding a transferable and open-able neck ring mold; inverting the parison held by the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold, by rotating the first arm 180° to an upright orientation at an intermediate station, while the second arm with a second transferable and open-able neck ring mold is simultaneously placed at the parison forming station; transferring the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold holding the parison in an upright orientation, from the intermediate station, to a blow mold station, by a transference apparatus; releasing the first parison into a blow mold, and turning back the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold empty to the first arm of the inverting apparatus, at the intermediate station to be placed again at the parison forming station by rotating the first arm additional 180°, completing a 360° turn, while the second arm reaches to the intermediate station; blowing the parison into a blow mold to form a finished article; and transferring the finished article in an upright orientation, once the blow mold is opened, by a take out apparatus, to place it at a dead plate or at a carrying conveyor.

A method and machine for the production of glassware articles by the press and blow process

Method and mechanism opens closes molds for a glassware forming machine.

LA PRESENTE INVENCIÓN SE REFIERE A UN MECANISMO DE APERTURA Y CIERRE DE MOLDES PARA UNA MÁQUINA FORMADORA DE ARTÍCULOS DE VIDRIO DEL TIPO QUE INCLUYE, AL MENOS UN MOLDE DIVIDIDO EN DOS MITADES QUE SE ABREN Y CIERRAN PARA EL FORMADO DE LOS ARTÍCULOS, LAS MITADES DE MOLDES SIENDO ACOPLADAS EN UN PAR DE BRAZOS DE SOPORTE, CADA BRAZO SIENDO MONTADO INDEPENDIENTEMENTE UNO FRENTE AL OTRO Y SEPARADOS PARALELAMENTE CON RESPECTO A UNA ESTRUCTURA DE SOPORTE. MEDIOS DE SINCRONIZACIÓN DE MOLDES MONTADOS PARA MOVIMIENTO CON LOS BRAZOS DE SOPORTE DE MOLDE, LOS MEDIOS DE SINCRONIZACIÓN DE MOLDES SIENDO MONTADOS PARA MOVERSE CON UN MOVIMIENTO HACIA ADENTRO O HACIA AFUERA PARA LA APERTURA Y CIERRE DE LOS MOLDES. MEDIOS DE PALANCA TENIENDO UN PRIMER EXTREMO CONECTADO ARTICULADAMENTE A LOS MEDIOS DE SINCRONIZACIÓN Y, UN SEGUNDO EXTREMO CONECTADO A LA ESTRUCTURA DE SOPORTE, LOS MEDIOS DE PALANCA Y EL PAR DE BRAZOS DE SOPORTE TRANSMITIENDO UN MOVIMIENTO ARTICULADO HACIA ADENTRO O HACÍA AFUERA A LOS MEDIOS DE SINCRONIZACIÓN, PARA EL CIERRE O APERTURA DE LOS MOLDES. MEDIOS DE IMPULSIÓN ACOPLADOS A LA ESTRUCTURA DE SOPORTE PARA PROVEER UN MOVIMIENTO DE APERTURA Y CIERRE A LOS BRAZOS DE SOPORTE; Y, UN SISTEMA DE CIERRE DE DOBLE ESLABONAMIENTO CONECTADO ARTICULADAMENTE E INDEPENDIENTEMENTE POR CADA UNO DE LOS BRAZOS DE SOPORTE Y MEDIOS DE IMPULSIÓN, EN DONDE, MEDIANTE UN PRIMER MOVIMIENTO DE ROTACIÓN DE LOS MEDIOS DE IMPULSIÓN, LOS BRAZOS DE SOPORTE Y MEDIOS DE SINCRONIZACIÓN SE MUEVEN A UNA POSICIÓN DE CIERRE DE MOLDES Y, CON UN SEGUNDO MOVIMIENTO, EN SENTIDO OPUESTO, ABRIR CADA UNO DE LOS BRAZOS DE SOPORTE DE MOLDES, MEDIOS DE SINCRONIZACIÓN Y CADA UNA DE LAS MITADES DE LOS MOLDES. THE PRESENT INVENTION REFERS TO A MOLDING OPENING AND CLOSURE MECHANISM FOR A GLASS MACHINE FORMING MACHINE OF THE TYPE THAT INCLUDES, AT LEAST A MOLD DIVIDED IN TWO HALVES THAT ARE OPENED AND CLOSED FOR THE FORMATION OF ITEMS, MOLDS BEING COUPLED IN A PAIR OF SUPPORT ARMS, EACH ARM BEING INDEPENDENTLY MOUNTED ...

Method and machine for the production of hollow glassware articles

A method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles, by the blow-and-blow, press-and-blow, press-and-blow paste mold and direct-press processes in a glassware forming machine including single or multiple machine sections each having single or multiple-cavity, comprising: forming a parison in an inverted orientation, into a blank mold and a first transferable and open-able neck ring mold held by an inverting apparatus having a first and a second diametrically opposed arms, each arm holding a transferable and openable neck ring mold; inverting the parison held by the first transferable and openable neck ring mold, by rotating the first arm 180° to an upright orientation at an intermediate station, while the second arm with a second transferable and openable neck ring mold is simultaneously placed at the parison forming station; is transferring the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold holding the parison in an upright orientation, from the intermediate station, to a blow mold station, by a transference apparatus; releasing the first parison into a blow mold, and turning back the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold empty to the first arm of the inverting apparatus, at the intermediate station to be placed again at the parison forming station by rotating the first arm additional 180°, completing a 360° turn, while the second arm reaches to the intermediate station; blowing the parison into a blow mold to form a finished article; and transferring the finished article in an upright orientation, once the blow mold is opened, by a take out apparatus, to place it at a dead plate or at a carrying conveyor.

Sistema y metodo de enfriamiento de moldes para una maquina formadora de articulos de vidrio huecos

SISTEMA Y MÉTODO PARA EL ENFRIAMIENTO DE MOLDES DE UNA MÁQUINA FORMADORA DE ARTÍCULOS DE VIDRIO QUE COMPRENDE, AL MENOS UN PORTADOR DE MOLDES QUE INCLUYEN MITADES DE MOLDES QUE SON DESPLAZABLES ENTRE UNA POSICIÓN DE MOLDE CERRADO PARA EL FORMADO DEL ARTÍCULO DE VIDRIO Y UNA POSICIÓN DE MOLDE ABIERTO PARA LA LIBERACIÓN DEL DICHO ARTÍCULO, CADA UNA DE LAS MITADES DE MOLDE TENIENDO PASAJES AXIALES PARA ENFRIAR CADA UNA DE LAS MITADES DEL MOLDE. UNA ESTRUCTURA DE SOPORTE QUE TIENE UNA SECCIÓN DE SOPORTE SUPERIOR FIJA Y UNA SECCIÓN DE SOPORTE MOVIBLE. MEDIOS PARA PROVEER UN FLUJO DE ENFRIAMIENTO SON CONECTADOS EN COINCIDENCIA CON UNA SERIE DE ABERTURAS EN LA SECCIÓN DE SOPORTE MOVIBLE. UN DISTRIBUIDOR DEL FLUJO DE ENFRIAMIENTO ES UBICADO POR ENCIMA DE LA SECCIÓN DE SOPORTE MOVIBLE, EL DISTRIBUIDOR TENIENDO UNA SECCIÓN INFERIOR EN COINCIDENCIA CON CADA UNA DE LA PRIMERA SERIE DE ABERTURAS DE LA SECCIÓN DE SOPORTE MOVIBLE PARA EL PASO DEL FLUJO DE ENFRIAMIENTO Y, UNA SECCIÓN SUPERIOR EN COINCIDENCIA CON CADA UNO DE LOS PASAJES AXIALES DE CADA UNA DE LAS MITADES DE CADA MOLDE, DICHO DISTRIBUIDOR DE FLUJO DE ENFRIAMIENTO SIENDO DESPLAZABLE ENTRE LA POSICIÓN DE MOLDE CERRADO PARA EL FORMADO DEL ARTÍCULO DE VIDRIO Y LA POSICIÓN DE MOLDE ABIERTO PARA LA LIBERACIÓN DEL DICHO ARTÍCULO, EL DISTRIBUIDOR SUMINISTRANDO EL FLUJO DE ENFRIAMIENTO A TRAVÉS DE CADA UNA DE LAS ABERTURAS DE LA SECCIÓN DE SOPORTE MOVIBLE PARA ENFRIAR LAS MITADES DE CADA MOLDE EN CUALQUIER POSICIÓN, ENTRE LA POSICIÓN DE MOLDE CERRADO PARA EL FORMADO DEL ARTÍCULO DE VIDRIO Y LA POSICIÓN DE MOLDE ABIERTO PARA LA LIBERACIÓN DEL DICHO ARTÍCULO. UN MECANISMO DE FORMADO DE ARTÍCULOS ES ACOPLADO A LA SECCIÓN DE SOPORTE MOVIBLE. UN MECANISMO PARA AJUSTAR LA ALTURA DE LA SECCIÓN DE SOPORTE MOVIBLE Y, POR CONSECUENCIA, AJUSTAR LA ALTURA DEL MECANISMO DE FORMADO DE ARTÍCULOS, LOS MEDIOS PARA PROVEER EL FLUJO DE ENFRIAMIENTO Y LOS MEDIOS DE DISTRIBUCIÓN DEL FLUJO DE ENFRIAMIENTO DE ACUERDO A LA ALTURA DE CADA MOLDE.