Glass gob distributor and oil lubrication system therefor

Details Glass gob distributor and oil lubrication system therefor Glass gob distributor and oil lubrication system therefor

1997-05-16

1999-04-20

Chin, Peter

Glass manufacturing

With gob handling means

65303, 65225, C03B 714, C03B 700, C03B 916, C03B 920

Patent

active

058955143

ABSTRACT:
A gob distributor for distributing gobs of molten glass from an orifice of a glass melter feeder bowl to a plurality of delivery chutes, each of which leads to a section of a glass forming machine of the individual section type, said gob distributor including an a.c. servo motor with a vertical output shaft, a gob scoop having an inlet end positioned beneath the orifice and an outlet end positioned in alignment with one or the other of the delivery chutes, and a driven member to which the gob scoop is attached for oscillating movement of the gob scoop in an indexing manner. The driven member includes a shaft that is parallel to and spaced from the output shaft, and an endless positive drive, in the form of an endless cogged timing belt or a pair of double-ended metal chain sections joined end-to-end by adjustable length connectors, is provided to transmit torque from the output shaft of the motor and the shaft of the driven member. A lubricating oil circulating system is provided to circulate pressurized cooling oil successively through enclosed bearings that are provided to rotatably support the output shaft of the motor and the shaft of the driven member.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5135559 (1992-08-01), Sasso et al.
patent: 5458668 (1995-10-01), Shoji
patent: 5683485 (1997-11-01), DiFrank

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