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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1990
Gilbert D Pujol, Dammarie Leslys, FR;
Ian F Rae, Avon, FR;
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to the moulding of glass articles. It concerns an automatic machine for moulding glass articles by means of pressing, comprising a single split mould (1), means for opening and closing the mould, means (9, 10) for introducing a metered batch of molten glass into the said mould, pressing means (12) in order to shape the batch of molten glass introduced into the said mould, and means for taking away the shaped glass article, characterized in that the mould has means (16) for periodically cooling using a pulse of cooling fluid, and in that it additionally comprises a plurality of mould bases (13) capable of being brought successively into a position in which they complete the said mould, the said mould bases additionally serving to take away the still malleable glass article having just been moulded.