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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2002
Stephen M. Gerber, Traverse City, MI (US);
William F. Mazur, Waterville, OH (US);
Larry N. Shue, Woodville, OH (US);
Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., Toledo, OH (US);
Abstract
A takeout device ( ) for transferring one or more, usually a plurality, of freshly-formed glass containers (C) from molds ( ) of a section of an I.S. machine to a deadplate ( ) of the machine. The takeout device has an oscillatable arm ( ) that carries a head ( ) from which a tong ( ) for each of the containers is suspended. Oscillation of the arm is powered by a reversible, linearly-acting electrical motor ( ), preferably an a.c. servo motor, that causes a rack ( ) to reciprocate. The rack drives an oscillatable gear ( ) that oscillatingly drives the arm. The motor is mounted at the top of a post ( ) at an elevation above the elevations of the molds and the deadplate, and the motor, therefore, is readily accessible for maintenance and adjustment.