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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1997
Douglas J Roberts, Ellington, CT (US);
Walter E Lovell, West Warren, MA (US);
Joseph A Borbone, Paxton, MA (US);
Steven J Pinkerton, Avon, CT (US);
John P Mungovan, Simsbury, CT (US);
Emhart Glass Machinery Investments Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A mold opening and closing mechanism for an I.S. machine has a pair of opposed mold support mechanisms for carrying at least one opposed pair of mold side portions. Each mold support mechanism includes a yoke having a first vertical bore and a second horizontal bore. Molds are carried by upper and lower inserts which also have a hole extending vertically therethrough. An insert carrier is linearly displaceable between retracted and advanced positions and the inserts and the yoke are secured to the carrier by a first pin slidably extending vertically through the vertical holes in the inserts and yoke, and through a vertical hole in the carrier. A second pin slidably extends through this yoke horizontal hole and the drive assembly is connected to this second pin.