Programmed valve system

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FOR USE IN A GLASS MOLDING MACHINE OF THE TYPE HAVING A TIMER DRUM WITH A PLURALITY OF PNEUMATIC CONTROL VALVES ARRANGED IN SIDE BY SIDE RELATIONSHIP AND OPERATED IN SEQUENCE TO CONTROL THE FORMATION OF A BLOWN GLASS OBJECT, SAID DRUM HAVING RECIPROCATORY PUSH MEMBERS, PNEUMATIC VALVES ACTUATED THEREBY, A LEVER SYSTEM FOR OPERATING SAID PUSH MEMBERS HAVING READILY REMOVABLE PIVOTALLY CONNECTED LEVERS TO OPERATE SAID PUSH MEMBERS, SAID TIMER DRUM OPERATING SAID LEVERS, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT SAID LEVERS ARE THIN AND FLAT IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO THE AXIS OF THE PIVOTAL CONNECTION, SAID LEVERS BEING VERTICALLY RECIPROCABLE AND ARRANGED IN A CLOSELY SPACED BANK AND HAVE A GUIDE STRUCTURE TO HOLD THEM IN POSITION ADJACENT SAID LEVERS AT THEIR REAR PIVOT ENDS, SAID LEVERS EACH HAVING A REAR PIVOT END HAVING A REAR PORTION ADJACENT AND BELOW THE PIVOT END GUIDED BY SAID GUIDE STRUCTURE AND A ROTATABLE PIVOT SHAFT ENGAGING SAID PIVOT ENDS AND A TRANSVERSE SHAFT PARALLEL TO AND AT ONE SIDE OF SAID BANK TO ROTATE SAID PIVOT SHAFT TO RELEASE SAID PIVOT ENDS, SAID REAR PORTIONS BEING GUIDED IN