Ronald Lee Myers

US Patent:

57117772, Jan 27, 1998

Filed:

Feb 6, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/602873

Inventors:

George A. Nickey - Maumee OH
Ronald T. Myers - Whitehouse OH
John M. Slifco - Toledo OH
Richard W. Craig - Toledo OH
Robin L. Flynn - Toledo OH

Assignee:

Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. - Toledo OH

International Classification:

C03B 710
C03B 4002
B26D 708

US Classification:

65 26

Abstract:

A parallel shear apparatus (20) for simultaneously shearing a plurality of streams of molten glass (A, B, C) into gobs comprising opposed carriages (22, 24) which are repetitively moved along rectilinear opposed paths toward and away from one another. Each of the carriages carries a plurality of shear blades (40a, 40b, 40c/42a, 42b, 42c) which cooperate with one another to shear the glass streams into gobs when the carriages are positioned close to one another. The shear blades carried by each of the carriages have internal flow passages (66) to permit the blades to be internally liquid cooled by liquid entering the carriages from inlet lines (52, 56), and the blades carried by one of the carriages (22) are biased by compression springs (82) into contact with the blades carried by the other carriage (24) to prevent excessive contact loads between the blades in their shearing positions. A contact lubricator (88) is provided to lubricate the contact surfaces of the blades carried by one of the carriages (22) by contact with such blades. The shear apparatus is employed in a method for shearing streams of molten glass by moving the carriages toward and away from one another to repetitively bring the free ends of the shear blades into partly overlapping relationship.

Address:

480 Hoover Dr, Fostoria, OH 44830

Phone:

4194350532

VIN:

3FAHP07Z87R261668

Make:

FORD

Model:

FUSION

Year:

2007