Apparatus for moving newly formed glassware onto a conveyor

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR ASSOCIATION WITH A GLASSWARE FORMING MACHINE OF A TYPE ADAPTED TO PLACE NEWLY FORMED ARTICLES ON A DEADPLATE IN TIMED SEQUENCE, THE SAID APPARATUS BEING PROVIDED TO MOVE THE ARTICLES FORM THE DEADPLATE ONTO A CONTINUOUSLY MOVING ADJACENT CONVEYOR AND COMPRISING A BASE OSCILLATABLE ON A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL AXIS THROUGH A SUBSTANTIAL ANGLE BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION FACING SAID DEADPLATE AND A SECOND POSITION FACING A LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF SAID CONVEYOR, DRIVE MEANS FOR OSCILLATING SAID BASE BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS IN TIMED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OPERATION OF SAID FORMING MACHINE, RECIPROCATING MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID BASE INCLUDING AN ELEMENT ADAPTED TO EXTEND AND RETRACT AND ALSO INCLUDING MEANS FOR AUTOMATICALLY EXTENDING SAID ELEMENT WHEN THE BASE REACHES SAID FIRST POSITION AND FOR AUTOMATICALLY RETRACTING SAID ELEMENT WHEN THE BASE REACHES SAID SECOND POSITION, AND ARTICLE ENGAGING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID ELEMENT AND DEFINING AT LEAST ONE CORNER INTO WHICH A GLASSWARE ARTICLE IS SWEPT AND CARRIED WHEN SAID ELEMENT IS EXTENDED SO THAT SAID ARTICLES ARE MOVED ARCUATELY FROM A POSITION OVER THE DEADPLATE TO A POSITION OVER THE CONVEYOR AS THE BASE IS MOVED FROM ITS FIRST TO ITS SECOND POSITION, SAID ARTICLE ENGAGING MEANS BEING MOVABLE INWARDLY TO AN INOPERATIVE POSITION ADJACENT THE BASE AS SAID ELEMENT IS RETRACTED.