Split loading funnel for charging a molten glass gob into a blank mold

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9527761
APP PUB NO 20160145136A1
SERIAL NO

15010226

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The disclosure includes a process and an apparatus for delivering a gob of molten glass into a blank mold. The apparatus includes a loading funnel holder that defines at least one opening, and a split loading funnel rotatably carried by the funnel holder. The split loading funnel includes two or more individual funnel segments that together provide an outlet of the funnel having an exit plane, each of the individual funnel segments having a lower portion that includes a concave interior guide surface. The two or more individual funnel segments are coupled together so that the interior guide surfaces of the individual funnel segments cooperate to define a guide passage extending along a longitudinal axis and terminating at the outlet.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Flynn, Robin L Waterville, US 24 63

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