Owens-brockway Glass Container Inc.

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Thomas G Green

D Wayne Leidy

Roger P Smith

Zhongming Wang

Shane T Rashley

Scott Weil

Matthew D Redd

Jay E Werner

Adam W Stienecker

Michael R Wildgen

Randy Ernsthausen

Phillip J Rausch

David J Bauer

According to an aspect of the disclosure, a glass manufacturing system includes a hot-end subsystem, including: a submerged combustion melter that melts feedstock to produce molten glass; a stiller that receives the molten glass from the submerged combustion melter and that includes a stilling tank to still the molten glass and that is configured to control outflow of the stilled molten glass to effectively decouple viscosity of the molten glass from the flow rate of the molten glass and thereby control finer molten glass levels; and a finer that is mechanically decoupled from the stiller, and that receives and fines the stilled molten glass to produce fined molten glass. Many other aspects of the system are also disclosed and claimed.

Glass manufacturing

A surface mixing burner () is positioned in alignment with a mold of a glass container forming machine of the I.S. type to produce a supply of soot to lubricate an inner surface of the mold, the soot being produced by combustion of a rich, combustible supply of a fuel and an oxidant. The supply of fuel and oxidant is intermittently ignited by a sparking device () that is positioned within a sooting head (), and an ignition coil () is positioned within the sooting head to deliver a high voltage pulse to the sparking device by the inductive discharge method. The ignition coil is positioned sufficiently close to the sparking device, and preferably in direct contact therewith, to avoid interference with the proper operation of an electronic control system for the I.S. machine. A remotely-positioned power supply () is provided to energize the ignition coil, the power supply providing power to the ignition coil at a relatively low voltage, for example, 12-24 volts d.c.

Method and apparatus for lubricating molten glass forming molds

A glassware forming machine system includes a glassware forming machine having first operating mechanisms for converting gobs of molten glass into articles of glassware, a gob delivery system having second operating mechanisms for delivering gobs of molten glass to the glassware forming machine, a ware handling system having third operating mechanisms for receiving and conveying articles of glassware from the glassware forming machine, and an electronic control system for controlling and coordinating operation of the first, second and third operating mechanisms. The electronic control system includes a machine controller coupled to the first operating mechanisms of the glassware forming machine for controlling and coordinating operation of the first operating mechanisms to produce articles of glassware. A gob delivery controller is coupled to the second operating mechanisms of the gob delivery system for controlling and coordinating operation of the second operating mechanisms to deliver gobs of molten glass to the glassware forming machine. A ware handling controller is coupled to the third operating mechanisms of the ware handling system for controlling and coordinating operation of the third mechanisms to convey articles of glassware from the glassware forming machine. A serial data bus interconnects the machine controller, the gob delivery controller and the ware handling controller for communication with each other to coordinate with each other operation of the first, second and third operating mechanisms.

Glassware forming machine control system

The invention provides an air delivery system for emergency workers, wherein the air delivery system is adapted to be used with a water hose. The system includes a source of compressed air fluidically connected to the water hose to purge water from the water hose. Pressure adjusting means adjust the compressed air pressure to less than approximately 300 psig. Means are provided for further reducing the air pressure, after the water is purged, to a pressure in the range of approximately 8-50 psig. The system further includes means for transferring air from the air hose to a breathing cavity of the worker.

Air delivery system

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Sylvania, OH, United States of America

Thomas G Green