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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1997
Alexander H Slocum, Bow, NH (US);
Walter E Lovell, West Warren, MA (US);
Joseph A Borbone, Paxton, MA (US);
Steven J Pinkerton, Avon, CT (US);
Douglas J Roberts, Ellington, CT (US);
John P Mungovan, Simsbury, CT (US);
Gary R Voisine, E. Hartford, CT (US);
Emhart Glass S.A., Cham, CH;
Abstract
A mold opening and closing mechanism for an I.S. machine having a plurality of individual sections. A pair of opposed mold holding mechanisms is supported on top of the section frame for linear displacement between a separated retracted position whereat each mold support mechanism is located at a start position and an advanced position whereat molds held by the mold support mechanisms will forcefully engage. A mold holding mechanism is secured to the free ends of a pair of round shafts which are slidably supported within horizontally separated bearings in a housing supported on the section frame and extending vertically upwardly.