Apparatus for inverting glass forming molds

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IN A GLASS ARTICLE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING A ROTATABLE TURRET ARRANGED TO MOVE NECK MOLD UNITS HORIZONTALLY IN A CIRCLE FORM A PARISON FORMING STATION TO A BLOW STATION AND TO A TAKEOUT STATION; SAID TURRET HAVING A PLURALITY OF VERTICAL OPENINGS THERETHROUGH EQUALLY SPACED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY OF SAID TUREET, A NECK MOLD UNIT MOUNTED IN EACH OPENING, EACH SAID NECK MOLD UNIT COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A PAIR OF OPPOSED COOPERATIVE NECK MOLD SUPPROT HALVES, EACH SAID SUPPORT HALF HAVING A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED SHAFT EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM, SAID SHAFTS EXTENDING INTO HORIZONTAL OPENINGS IN SAID TURRET, EACH SAID SHAFT BEING MOVABLE IN SAID HORIZONTAL OPENINGS TO EFFECT RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID SUPPORT HALVES, NECK MOLD HAVLES MOUNTED ON THE ADJACENT FACES OF EACH SAID OPPOSED SUPPORT HALF AND IN COOPERATIVE GLASS FORMING RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER, MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID TURRENT IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SHAFTS FOR INVERTING SAID SUPPORTS ABOUT SAID HORIZONTAL AXIS, OPPOSITELY DISPOSED INTERNAL CAM SURFACES FORMED ON EACH OF SAID NECK MOLD SUPPORT HALVES, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID TURRET FOR APPLYING HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WITHIN SAID HORIZONTAL OPENINGS TO HOLD SIAD NECK MOLD NORMALLY CLOSED AT END BETWEEN SAID PARISON FORMING AND BLOW STATIONS, AND MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID APPARATUS AT SAID TAKE-OUT STATION FOR ENGAGING SAID CAM SURFACES TO MOVE SAID NECK MOLDS AND SUPPORTS AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.