Apparatus for forming glass articles

Claim 1

IN A GLASS WORKING MACHINE, A TURRENT ROTATABLE ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS AND UPON THE RIM OF WHICH A MOLTEN SHEET OF GLASS STOCK IS TRAINED, MOLDS ARRANGED SUBSTANTIALLY ADJACENT ONE ANOTHER IN A CIRCULAR ROW ABOUT THE TURRET RIM HAVING RADIALLY FACING CAVITY ENTRANCE BORDERING WALLS WITHIN THE LATERAL CONFINES OF THE RIM, MEANS FOR CREATING SUCTION IN THE MOLD CAVITIES TO CONFORM THE STOCK OF THE SHEET THEREOVER INTO ARTICLES OF THE CONTOUR OF THE MOLD CAVITY, GLASS SUPPORT SURFACES LATERALLY OF THE MOLD CAVITIES HAVING CAVITY OPENING THEREIN, MEANS TO CREATE SUCTION IN SUCH SUPPORT SURFACE CAVITIES TO RETAIN THE STOCK ON SUCH GLASS SUPPORT SURFACES ADHERED THERETO, ROLLER MEANS MOUNTED ADJACENT THE TURRENT RIM COOPERATIVELY ROTATABLE IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MOLD CAVITY BORDERING WALLS AS THE TURRET IS BEING ROTATED FOR SEPARATING THE STOCK OVER THE MOLDS FROM A WEB OF STOCK REMAINING LATERALLY THEREOF ON SUCH SURFACES, ROTATABLE SHEAR MEANS MOUNTED ADJACENT THE TURRET RIM FOR TRANSVERSELY SEVERING SUCH WEB OF STOCK REMAINING ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID MOLD CAVITIES INTO SECTIONS IN THOSE REGIONS LATERALLY OF THE RESPECTIVE MOLD CAVITIES MEANS FOR CREATING POSITIVE PNEUMATIC PRESSURE WITHIN THE MOLD CAVITIES TO FREE ARTICLES FROM THE MOLDS, AND MEANS ARRANGED BETWEEN ADJACENT MOLDS FOR DISENGAGING THE WEB SECTIONS OF STOCK ADJOINING HALVES OF SUCH ADJACENT MOLDS.