CA1242324A - Ribbon blown glass article - Google Patents

Ribbon blown glass article

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CA1242324A
CA1242324A CA000462518A CA462518A CA1242324A CA 1242324 A CA1242324 A CA 1242324A CA 000462518 A CA000462518 A CA 000462518A CA 462518 A CA462518 A CA 462518A CA 1242324 A CA1242324 A CA 1242324A
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Raymond J. Noe
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Abstract

RIBBON BLOWN GLASS ARTICLE

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A method and apparatus is disclosed to produce a blown glass article on a ribbon machine having a self supporting closed end. Said ribbon formed glass envelope has a cylindrical neck portion terminating at one end in a bulb portion of larger cross sectional dimensions and which includes the self supporting base end. The sides of said glass envelope can be curved or flat and with said self supporting base also being of a curved or planar contour. A novel mold construction permitting said glass envelope to be blown on a ribbon machine compsises a pair of cooperative halves forming the sides of the blown glass envelope in a central cavity in which further includes a separate base part located at the lower end of said cavity to shape the self supporting base, said base part of the mold being provided with reciprocal motion in a vertical direction.

Description

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~IB~ON BLOWN GLASS ARTICLE

BACKGROUND THE INVENTION
Ribbon blown glass envelopes have been traditionally formed on a ribbon machine with two~part molts having a partible construction and which rotate S while encircling a hollow molten glass blank. Said conventional glass molds have been`generally provided with a paste coating ox the central mold cavity along with vent openings to Eorm a steam cushion against which the glass envelope is blown wtlile said mold 0 halves are rotating. Although the bulb portion ox a glass envelope blown in the conventlonal manner has included cylindrical as well conical and spherical shapes, all of tllese shapes terminated at the closed end of the bulb portion in a spherical contour preventing the blown article from physically supporting itself. Accordingly, such limitation has retarded any wider utilizatioll of conventional ribbon blown glass envelopes in a variety of end product applications including liquid containers and even lamp glass onvelopes requiring a relatively flat face portion to serve as a liens member in the lamps.
The present invention relates to novel means whereby glass articles of various types are blown on a ribbon machine in a novel mold construction which shapes the closed end of the glass~envelope tO provide a self-supporting base contour. More particularly, :

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said novel mold construction includes three basic parts which cooperate in forming a bulb shape terminating in a flattened contour sufficient to permit the glass envelope to be self supporting, that is to stand alone without additional physical suppoit. The basic mold design of the present invention includes a pair of cooperative partible halves forming the sides of the blown glass envelope in a central cavity and which further includes a separate base part located at the lower end ox said cavity to shape the closed end of said blown glass envelope into the desired self-supporting contour, said base part of the mold being provided with reciprocal motion in a vertical direction.
Accordingly, an important object of thy pr~sont invention is to provide a ribboll blown glass envelope having assorted shapes for various end product application wherein the bulb portion of said envelope terminates in a self~supporting contour.
Another lmportant object of the present invention is to provide ribbon blown glass envelopes having either curved or planar sides together with an integral self-supporting base contour which can also be planar or curved in shape.
Still another important object of the present invention is to provide an improved method for manufacture of said novel glass envelope on a ribbon machine by means of a novel mold design.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a ribbon formed glass envelope having a cylindrical neck portion terminating at one end in a closed bulb portion of larger cross-sectional dimensions and which includes a self-supporting base contour. In various preferred embodiments, the glass .

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envelope is blown from either molten hard or soft glass compositions of a conventional type and with said self-supporting base end being either a flat plane or defined by the intersection of two or more 1at planes. Alternately, the self-supporting base contour of said blown glass envelope can be a curved surface having either a convex or concave shape with respect to the sides of said glass envelope but of such limited curvature that said envelope physically supports itselÇ
when resting on its base end. The side of the present blown glass envelope can also be planar or curve in shape with the planar sided glass envelopes requiring that the mold halves understandably not rotate while the glass envelope is being formed.
The basic method of the present invention continuously forms the blown glass envelope frocl a molten ribbon of glass supported on a moving conveyor by means of:
(a) blowing a portion of the glass prom said molten ribbon into the central cavity o a multi-part mold, said mold including a pair o cooperative halves formillg the sides of said blown glass el~velope by encircling the molten glass while being blown and which mold Eurther includes a separate base part located at the lower end of said cavity to form the self-supporting terminal end of said blown glass envelope, said base part of the mold being provided with reciprocal motion in a vertical direction, (b) having the base part of said mold move upwardly and remain in an upward position while the glass envelope is being blown but then moved dowllwardly and , ..
I: , : , release the lamp glass envelope before the mold halves are opened, (c) opening the told halves to release che sides of the solidifled blown glass envelope, and (d) severing the blown glass envelope from the moving glass ribbon.
In a preferred form of said method for manufacture of a glass envelope having symmetrical curved sides, the mold halves include means to form a steafil cusllion against which the glass envelope is blown, such as the already known ventilated paste type mold, and with said mold halves being rotated during formation of the glass envelope. In said preferred method, the base part of the mold also includes vent openings to help ventilate the central cavity but generally does not require a paste coating to form a suitable self~supporting base end or the blown glass envelope.
In thy preferred method oÇ orming glass envelopes having planar sides according to the present invention, both mold halves and the base part remains stationary with respect to each other while the glass envelope is being blown. The mold parts are also entirely devoid of a paste coating or ventilation means despite providing a self-supporting base end on the blown glass envelope which can either be planar or curved. It is further possible to provide blown glass envelopes according to said preferred embodiment from conventional hard glass compositions as well as soft glass compositions although soft glass would generally be selected for most end product applications involving ordinary temperature service.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
Flgure l illustrates a fragmentary side ~35 elevatiol~ view of an exemplary glass ribbon machine :

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embodying the present invention.
Figure 2 is a perspective view illustrating a simplified nlold design according to the present invention.
Figure 3 is a perspective view illustrating one type glass envelope formed in accordance Witll the present invention.
Figure 4 is a perspective view illustrating a different type glass envelope formed according to the present invention.
DESCRrPTIO~I OF THE PREFERRED EMBODI~:ENTS
referring to Figure l, there is partially depicted a conventional hot ribbon machine 10 which forms the presently improved glass envelope 12 from a molten ribbon of glass 14 that is being carried on a moving conveyor having interconnected orifice plates 16. The molten glass is blown downwardly by blowheads 18 into thy central cavity portions of glass molds 20 constructed in accordance with the present invention.
I 20 The mold halves Z2 are closed while a cylindrically I shaped glass envelope ls bein8 blown whlle the separate I base portion 24 ox each mold is moved upwardly and retained in the upward position during this step oE the manufacturing process. downward movement of said base part in the molds is automatically carried out on said ribbon machine by conventional means after the molten glass has solified in the mold cavities as a necessary step before said mold halves are opened. Rotation of the mold halves 22 wllich is carried out when the glass envelopes are formed in this manner as well as severing the blown glass envelopes from the moving glass ribbon after the mold halves have been opened are all carried out in the customary wanner now being utilized in ribbon machine manufactùre.
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incorporating the essential structural features required to form tlle above described blown glass article is depicted in Figure 2. Specifically, a pair of mold halves 28 and 30 cooperate to form the side portions of the cylindrical blown glass envelope in a central cavity 32 which terminates in a separate flat base part 34 of circular contour 35. Vent openings 36 are provided on the upper bare metal surface of said flat base part as an optional means to help ventilate the mold cavity. Said base part 34 is also provided with reciprocal motion in a vertical direction by means of being mounted on the bearing surface 38 and with said upward motion being limited by physical contact with a rim surface 40 machined at the lower end of the lS cooperating mold halves. In said mold construction, the cooperating mold halves are rotated in the customary manner to Norm the cylindrical glass envelope and with said mold halves further having vent openings 42 along with a paste coating 44 being applied to the inner surface of the cental mold cavity.
In Figure 3 there is depicted a perspectiYe view o a representative lass envelope formed as above described and which can be utilized as a liquid container. Said blown glass article 46 includes a cylindrical neck portion 48 terminating at one end in a bulb portion of larger cross sectional dimensions 50 which includes a self-supporting closed end 52 of planar configuration 54. As can be observed, the sides and base portions of the blown glass article are all of relatively uniformly thickness as well as devoid of any physical mold seams.
Figure 4 is a perspective view of a different blown glass article 60 having a straight sided configuration 62 formed by intersection of a pair of opposing and parallel flat planes 64 and 66. Said . , i I; . , . .. , ::; :

glass article further includes a cylindrical neck portion 70 terminating in a straight sided bulb portion of larger cross sectional dimensions and with the bulb portion of said glass article ending in a self-supporting base 72 of convex curvature 74. As can be observed from the,drawing, however, a visible mold seam 76 is produced in a said glass article due to non rotation of lie mold halves during the glass forming operation.
While preferred embodiments of the present invention along with improved methods for manufacturing said embodiments have been shown and described, various other embodiments along with modifications in the described method of manufacture w,ill become apparent to . . lS persons skilled in the art without departing from the true spirit and scope of the present invention. or example, it would be apparent from the foregoing description chat various combinations o planar and curved sides can be employad for the bulb portion of the blown gla9s envelope as well as in the self-supporting base end o said envelope., Accordingly, the scope of the present invention is limited only to the following claims:' .

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Claims (19)

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. A method of continuously forming a blown glas envelope terminating in a self-supporting base end from a molten ribbon of glass supported on a moving conveyor which comprises:
(a) blowing a portion of the glass from said molten ribbon into the central cavity of a single multi-part mold, said mold including a pair of cooperative halves forming the sides of said blown glass while being blown and which mold further includes a separate base part located at the lower end of said cavity to form the self-supporting base portion of said blown glass envelope, said base part of the mold being provided with reciprocal motion in a vertical direction, (b) having the base part of said mold move upwardly and remain in an upward position while the glass envelope is being blown to form all structural features in said blown glass envelope but then move downwardly and release the lamp glass envelope before the mold halves are opened, (c) opening the mold halves to release the sides of the solidified blown glass envelope, and (d) severing the blown glass envelope from the moving glass ribbon.
2. A method as in claim 1 wherein the mold halves includes means to form a steam cushion against which the glass envelope is blown while said mold halves are rotating.
3. A method as in claim 2 wherein the mold halves include vent openings and a paste coating.
4. A method as in claim 2 wherein the base part of the mold also includes vent openings.
5. A method as in claim 1 using hard glass.
6. A method as in claim 1 using soft glass.
7. A method as in claim 1 wherein the mold halves do not rotate and are devoid of vent openings.
8. A method as in claim 7 wherein the base part of the mold is also devoid of vent openings.
9. A ribbon blow glass article having a cylindrical neck portion terminating at one end in a bulb portion of larger cross-sectional dimensions and which includes a self-supporting closed end, wherein all struc-tural features in said blown glass article are fully formed in a single metal mold of multi-part construction by having a pair of mold halves which rotate to provide curved sides in said glass article but which do not rotate when providing planar sides in said glass article, and which multi-part mold further includes a non-rotating base part that provides a self supporting closed end of either concave, convex or flat contour in both curved sides and planar sides types of said glass article by moving upwardly in place while said glass article is being blown in said mold halves but then moves downwardly and releases said glass article before the mold halves are opened.
10. A glass article as in claim 9 wherein said self supporting closed end is a flat plane.
11. A glass article as in claim 9 wherein said self-supporting closed end is defined by inter-section of two or more flat planes.
12. A glass article as in claim 9 having flat planar sides.
13. A glass article as in claim 9 having curved sides.
14. A glass article as in claim 9 having sloping sides.
15. A glass article as in claim 14 having conical sides.
16. A glass article as in claim 9 having cylindrical sides.
17. A glass article as in claim 9 having curved sides and a self-supporting base which is a curved surface having a lesser degree of curvature than said sides.
18. A glass article as in claim 9 formed with hard glass.
19. A glass article as in claim 9 formed with soft glass.
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