Apparatus for controlling formation of blown glass articles

Claim 1

IN A GLASS FORMING MACHINE THE COMBINATION OF APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DISTRIBUTION OF GLASS IN THE WALLS OF A BLOWN GLASS ARTICLE, SAID MACHINE INCLUDING A FRAME, PARTIBLE NECK MOLD, PARISON MOLD, AND BLOW MOLD, EACH OF SAID MOLDS DEFINING A CAVITY AND BEING MOVABLY SUPPORTED BY SAID FRAME, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING MEANS CARRIED ON SAID FRAME FOR SUPPORTING THE NECK MOLD, MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY COOLING A PARISON, SAID COOLING MEANS COMPRISING ELONGATED NOZZLE MEMBERS CONNECTED TO SAID NECK MOLD SUPPORT MEANS AND EXTENDING IN SPACED, OPPOSED, PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO A PARISON CARRIED IN SAID NECK MOLD, SAID NOZZLE MEMBERS HAVING COOLANT PASSAGES THEREIN AND INTERCONNECTED OPENINGS DIRECTED TOWARD THE PARISON FOR CIRCUMFERENTIAL IMPINGEMENT COOLING OF THE PARISON HELD BY SAID NECK MOLD, MEANS CONNECTED TO THE NECK MOLD SUPPORT FOR MOVING THE LATTER AND THE NECK MOLD WHILE TRANSFERRING THE PARISON FROM THE PARISON MOLD TO THE BLOW MOLD, SAID PARISON MOLD AND BLOW MOLD EACH HAVING MEANS COMPRISING CUTOUT PORTIONS OF THE MOLDS BY WHICH THE OPENINGS OF THE NOZZLE MEMBERS ARE COVERED WHEN EITHER OF THE MOLDS ARE IN THEIR MOLDING POSITION, MEANS FOR FEEDING COOLANT UNDER PRESSURE TO SAID NOZZLE PASSAGES, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FRAME FOR MOVING THE PARISON MOLD INTO AND OUT OF GLASS PARISON MOLDING POSITION AND IN SAID POSITION CLOSING THE OPENINGS OF THE NOZZLES, AND MEANS CONNECTED TO THE FRAME FOR MOVING THE BLOW MOLD INTO AND OUT OF BLOW MOLDING POSITION AND IN SAID POSITION CLOSING THE OPENINGS OF THE NOZZLES, WHEREBY SAID NOZZLES DELIVER COOLANT TO SELECTED PORTIONS OF THE PARISON DURING THE PERIOD OF PARISON EXPOSURE PRIOR TO ITS ENCLOSURE IN THE BLOW MOLD.