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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Owens-brockway Glass Container Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Inventor:
Robin L Flynn, Waterville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 9/16 (2006.01); C03B 7/00 (2006.01); C03B 7/088 (2006.01); C03B 9/13 (2006.01); C03B 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 7/088 (2013.01); C03B 7/16 (2013.01); C03B 9/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
A split loading funnel includes two or more individual funnel segments, each of which includes an interior guide surface. The two or more individual funnel segments are arranged relative to one another so that interior guide surfaces of the individual funnel segments cooperate to define a guide passage having a longitudinal axis. An apparatus that includes a split loading funnel and a process for delivering a gob of molten glass from a gob delivery system into a blank mold using a split loading funnel are also disclosed.