Glassware forming apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING AND CONDITIONING A DUAL CAVITY PARISON MOLD IN PARISON PRESSING POSITION, COMPRISING A STATIONARY SUPPORT STRUCTURE, A PAIR OF CROSSHEADS, ONE CROSSHEAD BEING POSITIONED ABOVE SAID STRUCTURE ADAPTED TO CARRY SAID PARISON MOLDS, THE OTHER CROSSHEAD BEING POSITIONED BELOW SAID STRUCTURE, A PAIR OF PARALLEL RIGID FLUID CONDUCTING MEANS, SAID CONDUCTING MEANS BEING CONNECTED AT THEIR ENDS TO SAID CROSSHEADS, A PAIR OF VERTICAL CYCLINDRICAL OPENINGS THROUGH SAID STRUCTURE, SAID CONDUCTING MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID OPENINGS, ANNULAR BEARING MEANS WITHIN ONE SAID OPENING AND SURROUNDING ONE OF SAID CONDUCTING MEANS FOR CONFINING SAID CONDUCTING MEANS THEREIN TO AXIAL LINEAR MOVEMENT, SPLIT SLEEVES SURROUNDING SAID OTHER CONDUCTING MEANS AND RETAINED IN THE OTHER SAID OPENING AT THE ENDS THEREOF, SAID OTHER OPENING BEING LARGE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE EXPANSION OF SAID CROSSHEADS AND CONSEQUENT LATERAL DISPLACEMENT OF THE AXES OF SAID CONDUCTING MEANS, A SUPPLY OF COOLANT, MEANS CONNECTING SAID COOLANT SUPPLY TO THE LOWER END OF EACH SAID CONDUCTING MEANS, A SUPPLY OF COOLANT, MEANS CONNECTING SAID COOLANT SUPPLY TO THE LOWER END OF EACH SAID CONDUCTING MEANS, MEANS FOR INDIVIDUALLY ADJUSTING THE VOLUME RATE OF FLOW OF COOLANT TO EACH SAID CONDUCTING MEANS, AND MEANS OPERATIVE IN TIMED SEQUENCE FOR OPENING AND CLOSING SAID VALVE MEANS.