A change system for changing an orifice plate that is registered with an orifice ring is provided. The orifice plate change system includes a guide arrangement, a plurality of orifice plates, and an actuator. The guide arrangement has a charging plate region and an operating plate region. Each orifice plate is configured to be slidably carried by the guide arrangement between the charging plate region and the operating plate region in which the orifice thereof is registered with the orifice ring orifice. A first orifice plate has a first orifice and a second orifice plate has a second orifice that is different than the first orifice such that a stream of molten glass that passes through the second is different than a stream of molten glass passing through the first orifice. The actuator translates the orifice plates from the charging plate region to the operating plate region.
A camera device for a glassware forming machine, comprising a camera, an objective and a lens system, wherein the lens system defines an entrance pupil on its side facing away from the objective, that the camera device has a diaphragm between the lens system and the object and a stream of blocking air is directed away from the lens system through an aperture of the diaphragm.
G01N 21/90 - Recherche de la présence de criques, de défauts ou de souillures dans un récipient ou dans son contenu
G03B 9/06 - Plusieurs lames montées sur pivot et coopérant, p. ex. du type à iris
H04N 23/21 - Caméras ou modules de caméras comprenant des capteurs d'images électroniquesLeur commande pour générer des signaux d'image uniquement à partir d'un rayonnement infrarouge à partir du rayonnement infrarouge proche [NIR]
H04N 23/52 - Éléments optimisant le fonctionnement du capteur d'images, p. ex. pour la protection contre les interférences électromagnétiques [EMI] ou la commande de la température par des éléments de transfert de chaleur ou de refroidissement
In a method for reading a code arranged on a wall of a container, an illuminated region is generated on the container wall by means of a light source, a width of the illuminated region being smaller than a width of the code surface area in a circumferential direction of the container. In connection with a relative movement between the container and the illuminated region, a series of individual frames of the illuminated region is captured by means of a matrix camera. An image of the code is assembled from the series of individual frames. The invention also relates to a device for reading a code arranged on a wall of a container.
G06K 7/14 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation électromagnétique, p. ex. lecture optiqueMéthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire utilisant la lumière sans sélection des longueurs d'onde, p. ex. lecture de la lumière blanche réfléchie
G06K 19/06 - Supports d'enregistrement pour utilisation avec des machines et avec au moins une partie prévue pour supporter des marques numériques caractérisés par le genre de marque numérique, p. ex. forme, nature, code
5.
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING AN IMAGE OF A BOTTOM OF A GLASS VESSEL
A method and a device for producing an image of a bottom of a glass vessel having an axis use a matrix camera having pixels arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. A series of individual photographs of strip-shaped regions of the bottom is captured by means of the matrix camera; mutually adjacent individual photographs partly overlap. A light source is used to transmit light through the bottom of the glass vessel during an individual photograph. Between different individual photographs, the glass vessel is rotated about its axis relative to the matrix camera. A digital image of the bottom of the glass vessel is composed from the series of individual photographs, the individual photographs being arranged at an angle relative to each other.
The apparatus for inspecting containers comprises an illumination device, a rotation device and a capturing device. The illumination device is configured to illuminate an illumination region alternately with different illumination patterns, which comprise at least a first illumination pattern and a second illumination pattern. The illumination device is configured to illuminate the illumination region with the first illumination pattern in first time windows and to illuminate it with the second illumination pattern in second time windows. The rotation device is configured to rotate a container with a bottom and with a sidewall about an axis of the container in such a way that at least a section of the sidewall passes through the illumination region along a rotational direction. The capturing device is configured to take a photo of the illumination region at least in each first time window and in each second time window.
H04N 23/74 - Circuits de compensation de la variation de luminosité dans la scène en influençant la luminosité de la scène à l'aide de moyens d'éclairage
H04N 23/56 - Caméras ou modules de caméras comprenant des capteurs d'images électroniquesLeur commande munis de moyens d'éclairage
H04N 23/90 - Agencement de caméras ou de modules de caméras, p. ex. de plusieurs caméras dans des studios de télévision ou des stades de sport
7.
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING AN IMAGE OF A BOTTOM OF A GLASS VESSEL
A method and a device for producing an image of a bottom of a glass vessel having an axis use a matrix camera having pixels arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. A series of individual photographs of strip-shaped regions of the bottom is captured by means of the matrix camera; mutually adjacent individual photographs partly overlap. A light source is used to transmit light through the bottom of the glass vessel during an individual photograph. Between different individual photographs, the glass vessel is rotated about its axis relative to the matrix camera. A digital image of the bottom of the glass vessel is composed from the series of individual photographs, the individual photographs being arranged at an angle relative to each other.
A camera device (1) for a glass forming machine having a camera (2), a lens (3) and a lens system (4) is characterised in that the lens system (4) defines an entrance pupil (E) on its side facing away from the lens (3), in that the camera device (1) has an aperture (5) between the lens system (4) and the object (6), and a barrier air flow (7) is directed away from the lens system (4) through an aperture opening (8) of the aperture (5).
G03B 17/17 - Corps d'appareils avec des réflecteurs disposés sur le parcours lumineux formant l'image photographique, p. ex. pour réduire les dimensions de l'appareil photographique
G02B 27/00 - Systèmes ou appareils optiques non prévus dans aucun des groupes ,
G01N 21/90 - Recherche de la présence de criques, de défauts ou de souillures dans un récipient ou dans son contenu
In a method for reading a code (K) arranged on a wall (2) of a container (1), an illuminated region (15) is generated on the container wall using a light source (13). The width (B) of the illuminated region (15) in the circumferential direction (U) of the container (1) is smaller than the width (b) of the code surface area (4). In connection with a relative movement between the container (1) and the illuminated region, a series (S) of individual images (E) of the illuminated region (15) is captured by means of a matrix camera (19), and an image of the code (K) is assembled from the series of individual captured images (E). The invention also relates to a device (10) for reading a code (K) arranged on the wall of a container (1).
G06K 7/14 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation électromagnétique, p. ex. lecture optiqueMéthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire utilisant la lumière sans sélection des longueurs d'onde, p. ex. lecture de la lumière blanche réfléchie
G06K 7/10 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation électromagnétique, p. ex. lecture optiqueMéthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire
G06T 3/40 - Changement d'échelle d’images complètes ou de parties d’image, p. ex. agrandissement ou rétrécissement
B07C 5/34 - Tri en fonction d'autres propriétés particulières
G07F 7/06 - Mécanismes actionnés par des objets autres que des pièces de monnaie pour déclencher ou actionner des appareils de vente, de location, de distribution de pièces de monnaie ou de papier-monnaie, ou de remboursement par des récipients consignés, p. ex. des bouteilles
10.
MULTIVARIABLE VERTICAL GLASS DISTRIBUTION CONTROL USING SOFT SENSOR AND METHODS
Methods and systems for controlling vertical glass distribution are provided. A traversing pyrometer periodically measures a parison actual temperature after the parisons exit a blank mold. The thermal camera takes a thermal image of each glass container after the glass container exits the blow mold. A vertical glass signature extraction module extracts a vertical glass distribution signature. A parison temperature estimator determines a parison estimated temperature for each vertical glass distribution signature obtained based on the vertical glass distribution signature, a most recently measured parison actual temperature and a parison stretch time. A parison temperature summer compares the parison estimated temperature to a parison set point temperature to determine a parison temperature error. A parison temperature control controls a blank mold contact time based on the parison temperature error.
A glass forming machine and a method for manufacturing formed glass parisons. A glass forming machine includes a blank side for forming parisons from gobs of molten glass. The blank side includes a plunger and a blank mould. The plunger can be moved into the blank mould up to an end position. The plunger can be moved out of the blank mould up to a start position. The glass forming machine includes a glass feeding device which is configured to bring a gob of molten glass into the blank mould. The glass forming machine includes a measuring device which is configured to measure the end position of the plunger. The glass feeding device is configured such that the size of a gob of molten glass depends on the end position previously reached during operation. Parisons of good quality can be produced with a bigger tolerance of mould volumina.
C03B 7/00 - Distributeurs de verre fonduMoyens pour prélever des charges de verre fonduObtention de paraisons
C03B 9/193 - Soufflage du verreProduction d'articles de verre creux soufflés dans des machines alimentées en paraisons dans des machines du type "pressé-soufflé"
The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for inspecting containers (3), which apparatus comprises an illumination device (27), a rotary device (25) and an image-capturing device (29). The illumination device (27) is designed to illuminate an illumination region (37) alternatingly using different illumination patterns which comprise at least a first illumination pattern (43) and a second illumination pattern (47). The illumination device (27) is designed to illuminate the illumination region (37) in first time windows (41) using the first illumination pattern (43) and to illuminate same in second time windows (45) using the second illumination pattern (47). The rotary device (25) is designed to rotate a container (3) having a bottom (5) and a side wall (7) about an axis (35) of the container (3) in such a way that at least a portion of the side wall (7) passes through the illumination region (37) in a direction of rotation (36). The image-capturing device (29) is designed to capture an image of the illumination region (37) at least in each first time window (41) and in each second time window (45).
A change system for changing an orifice plate that is registered with an orifice ring is provided. The orifice plate change system includes a guide arrangement, a plurality of orifice plates, and an actuator. The guide arrangement has a charging plate region and an operating plate region. Each orifice plate is configured to be slidably carried by the guide arrangement between the charging plate region and the operating plate region in which the orifice thereof is registered with the orifice ring orifice. A first orifice plate has a first orifice and a second orifice plate has a second orifice that is different than the first orifice such that a stream of molten glass that passes through the second is different than a stream of molten glass passing through the first orifice. The actuator translates the orifice plates from the charging plate region to the operating plate region.
The invention refers to an anomaly processing system suitable for processing a malfunction of a glass forming machine, comprising a malfunction detection unit for detecting a malfunction of the glass forming machine; a presence detection unit for detecting the presence of an operator; and in the event of a detected malfunction, a control unit for controlling the glass forming machine. The anomaly processing system is configured such that, in the event of a malfunction, the control of the glass forming machine by the anomaly processing system is dependent on whether the presence of an operator is detected.
C03B 9/14 - Soufflage du verreProduction d'articles de verre creux soufflés dans des machines alimentées en paraisons dans des machines du type "soufflé" ou dans des machines du type "soufflé-soufflé"
G06V 20/52 - Activités de surveillance ou de suivi, p. ex. pour la reconnaissance d’objets suspects
A glass forming machine, a method for lubricating a baffle and a swabbing device for a glass forming machine is disclosed. The glass forming machine comprises a blank station with a blank mould for forming a parison from a gob of molten glass inside the blank mould. The glass forming machine further comprises a baffle for closing the blank mould. The glass forming machine further comprises a swabbing device which is configured to spray lubricant onto the baffle for lubricating the baffle. This enables a particularly high quality of the formed parisons and the corresponding glass containers.
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
Produits et services
Automated process systems used with glass forming equipment
and machines; glass forming equipment, namely, glass
feeders, glass forming machines, glass inspection machines,
and electrical control systems sold as a component part of
the listed glass forming equipment.
A gob trough for guiding a gob of molten glass is provided. The trough may be formed from trough segments that have a stepped configuration that reduces the amount of contact time between the gob and the trough. The trough may include surface formations that additionally reduce the contact time between the gob and the trough.
A gob trough for guiding a gob of molten glass is provided. The trough may be formed from trough segments that have a stepped configuration that reduces the amount of contact time between the gob and the trough. The trough may include surface formations that additionally reduce the contact time between the gob and the trough.
The invention refers to a glass forming machine which includes a blank station for forming a parison (14) from a gob of molten glass (9) and a blow station for forming the parison (14) into a container (26) and an invert mechanism (16) which can move a neck ring (5) from the blank station to the blow station by a rotary motion and which further includes a swab robot and a control device for the swab robot, wherein the control device is set up so that the swab robot can swab and thus swab the neck ring (5) when the neck ring (5) is in an intermediate position between the blank station and the blow station. Defects in the production of bottles can thus be avoided.
C03B 9/193 - Soufflage du verreProduction d'articles de verre creux soufflés dans des machines alimentées en paraisons dans des machines du type "pressé-soufflé"
C03B 9/40 - Mécanismes de transmission ou de commande spécialement adaptés aux machines à souffler le verre
C03B 9/34 - Moules de soufflage du verre non prévus ailleurs
20.
Apparatus and method to control gob weight, length and/or shape
An improved system and method for forming falling hot glass gobs which will be molded into glass containers in an Individual Section (IS) machine is disclosed which controls the weight, length, and shape of such glass gobs as they are produced. The system includes a gob feeder apparatus and a gob shearing mechanism a controller using models being used to correlate the effect of a number of feeder control settings on gob weight, length, and, shape. The controller is configured to adjust various feeder control settings based on a prioritized order of the feeder control settings such that gobs having different physical characteristics for different ones of the individual sections can be produced during a single machine cycle. By implementing the models, a closed loop system has been developed to set up controls to achieve the desired gob forming for each individual section and cavity.
C03B 9/14 - Soufflage du verreProduction d'articles de verre creux soufflés dans des machines alimentées en paraisons dans des machines du type "soufflé" ou dans des machines du type "soufflé-soufflé"
G05B 13/04 - Systèmes de commande adaptatifs, c.-à-d. systèmes se réglant eux-mêmes automatiquement pour obtenir un rendement optimal suivant un critère prédéterminé électriques impliquant l'usage de modèles ou de simulateurs
Methods and systems for controlling vertical glass distribution are provided. A traversing pyrometer periodically measures a parison actual temperature after the parisons exit a blank mold. The thermal camera takes a thermal image of each glass container after the glass container exits the blow mold. A vertical glass signature extraction module extracts a vertical glass distribution signature. A parison temperature estimator determines a parison estimated temperature for each vertical glass distribution signature obtained based on the vertical glass distribution signature, a most recently measured parison actual temperature and a parison stretch time. A parison temperature summer compares the parison estimated temperature to a parison set point temperature to determine a parison temperature error. A parison temperature control controls a blank mold contact time based on the parison temperature error.
A blow head mounting arrangement for use to facilitate installation and removal of a blow head from a blow head mounting member. The blow head has a first engagement member for removable engagement with a second engagement member to removably attach the blow head to the blow head mounting member. Once engaged, the blow head is retained on the blow head mounting member by rotating the blow head into a locked position in which it is retained until it is rotated in the opposite direction by a locking mechanism.
C03B 9/16 - Soufflage du verreProduction d'articles de verre creux soufflés dans des machines alimentées en paraisons dans des machines du type "soufflé" ou dans des machines du type "soufflé-soufflé" dans des machines avec moules à renversement
C03B 9/36 - Tuyère de soufflageAlimentation, éjection ou commande du débit de l'air
A control unit configured to control a section of an I.S. machine having a blank station including a first plurality of mechanisms and a blow station including a second plurality of mechanisms is provided. The control unit includes an operator interface configured to receive a first input and a second input from an operator. The control unit includes a controller configured to transition the section from a first mode of operation to a second mode of operation. Upon receipt of the first input the control unit is configured to supply power to either the first or second plurality of mechanisms and not to supply power to the other. The control is configured to move one of the mechanisms to which power is being supplied in the second mode of operation based on the second input received from the operator.
G05B 19/10 - Commande à programme autre que la commande numérique, c.-à-d. dans des automatismes à séquence ou dans des automates à logique utilisant des sélecteurs
C03B 9/16 - Soufflage du verreProduction d'articles de verre creux soufflés dans des machines alimentées en paraisons dans des machines du type "soufflé" ou dans des machines du type "soufflé-soufflé" dans des machines avec moules à renversement
A cooling tube assembly is provided. The assembly includes a cylindrical cooling tube extending from a first end to a second end. The cooling tube has an inner surface, an outer surface, an inner diameter, and an outer diameter. The cooling tube includes a first plurality of throughbores and a second plurality of throughbores located axially between the first plurality of throughbores and the second end of the cooling tube. Each of the second plurality of throughbores is circumferentially offset from each of the first plurality of throughbores. The assembly includes a nozzle extending from a first end to a second end. The first end of the nozzle is located inside the cooling tube. The first plurality of throughbores is located axially between the second end of the cooling tube and the first end of the nozzle.
C03B 27/06 - Trempe des articles de verre utilisant un gaz des articles en verre autres que des feuilles de verre plat ou bombé, p. ex. des articles en verre creux, des lentilles
C03B 9/38 - Moyens de refroidissement, de chauffage, ou d'isolation des machines à souffler le verre
26.
Glass container inspection machine with a graphic user interface
An improved system and method for automatically glass containers for defects and facilitates the identification and review of extensive information on defects identified by the glass container inspection machine on a touchscreen monitor. User gestures are used to review images larger than a size that can be displayed at any given time on the touchscreen monitor, to access and display images of glass containers having parameters that vary from the predetermined parameters, and to setup glass container inspection machine parameters and details of the inspections.
G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales
G01N 21/88 - Recherche de la présence de criques, de défauts ou de souillures
G01N 21/90 - Recherche de la présence de criques, de défauts ou de souillures dans un récipient ou dans son contenu
G01N 21/958 - Inspection de matériaux transparents
G06F 3/041 - Numériseurs, p. ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction
G06F 3/0485 - Défilement ou défilement panoramique
G06F 3/0488 - Techniques d’interaction fondées sur les interfaces utilisateur graphiques [GUI] utilisant des caractéristiques spécifiques fournies par le périphérique d’entrée, p. ex. des fonctions commandées par la rotation d’une souris à deux capteurs, ou par la nature du périphérique d’entrée, p. ex. des gestes en fonction de la pression exercée enregistrée par une tablette numérique utilisant un écran tactile ou une tablette numérique, p. ex. entrée de commandes par des tracés gestuels
G01N 21/84 - Systèmes spécialement adaptés à des applications particulières
27.
IMPROVEMENTS IN METHODS AND SYSTEMS REQUIRING LUBRICATION
Methods and systems in which a molten glass gob, which is processed according to the method or in the system, has a lubricant applied thereto. As it is processed in the system, the molten glass gob mass having the lubricant applied thereto is used to transfer lubricant to a part or parts of the system.
C03B 40/02 - Prévention de l'adhérence entre le verre et le verre ou entre le verre et les moyens utilisés pour le former par lubrificationUtilisation de substances spécifiées comme compositions de démoulage ou comme lubrifiants
C03B 40/027 - Appareils pour appliquer des lubrifiants aux moules ou aux outils de formage de verre
A closed loop temperature and wall thickness-based control system for improving process yield and quality while reducing dependence on operator skill utilizes intensity information from a hot end container imaging system and wall thickness information from a hot glass container wall thickness measurement system. By utilizing both the container intensity information and the measured wall thickness information it is possible to provide separate feedback signals responsive to temperature variations and thickness variations. These signals are used to implement automatic closed loop control of the I.S. machine.
G06F 19/00 - Équipement ou méthodes de traitement de données ou de calcul numérique, spécialement adaptés à des applications spécifiques (spécialement adaptés à des fonctions spécifiques G06F 17/00;systèmes ou méthodes de traitement de données spécialement adaptés à des fins administratives, commerciales, financières, de gestion, de surveillance ou de prévision G06Q;informatique médicale G16H)
A system and a method for improving process yield and quality while reducing dependence on operator skill by automatically adjusting I.S. machine timing and motions. Container pixel data information indicative of certain measurements of hot glass containers manufactured by the I.S. machine obtained with a multipoint, multispectral glass container measurement system is mathematically transformed into a reduced dimensional measured signature. Event timing signals to operate the cavities of the section of the I.S. machine in response to the measured signature and a preferred target signature are produced to automatically adjust the event timing of operations in the cavities of the section of the I.S. machine to diminish variations in the measured signature.
G05B 19/04 - Commande à programme autre que la commande numérique, c.-à-d. dans des automatismes à séquence ou dans des automates à logique
G05B 19/042 - Commande à programme autre que la commande numérique, c.-à-d. dans des automatismes à séquence ou dans des automates à logique utilisant des processeurs numériques
G05B 19/418 - Commande totale d'usine, c.-à-d. commande centralisée de plusieurs machines, p. ex. commande numérique directe ou distribuée [DNC], systèmes d'ateliers flexibles [FMS], systèmes de fabrication intégrés [IMS], productique [CIM]
A blow head mounting arrangement for use to facilitate installation and removal of a blow head from a blow head mounting member. The blow head has a first engagement member for removable engagement with a second engagement member to removably attach the blow head to the blow head mounting member. Once engaged, the blow head is retained on the blow head mounting member by rotating the blow head into a locked position in which it is retained until it is rotated in the opposite direction by a locking mechanism.
B29C 49/42 - Éléments constitutifs, détails ou accessoiresOpérations auxiliaires
C03B 9/36 - Tuyère de soufflageAlimentation, éjection ou commande du débit de l'air
C03B 9/16 - Soufflage du verreProduction d'articles de verre creux soufflés dans des machines alimentées en paraisons dans des machines du type "soufflé" ou dans des machines du type "soufflé-soufflé" dans des machines avec moules à renversement
32.
SYSTEM AND METHOD TO COAT GLASS GOBS WITH A LUBRICATING DISPERSION DURING THE DROP TO BLANK MOLDS
A system and method for coating glass gobs with a liquid-based lubricating dispersion during their drop to blank glass container molds which provides sufficient lubrication to the glass container molds without requiring swabbing of the glass container molds. The lubricating dispersion is sprayed onto hot glass gobs as they fall from the gob supply system prior to their distribution by the gob distribution system into blank molds. The lubricating dispersion coats the falling glass gobs to lubricate the glass gobs as well as the molds.
C03B 40/02 - Prévention de l'adhérence entre le verre et le verre ou entre le verre et les moyens utilisés pour le former par lubrificationUtilisation de substances spécifiées comme compositions de démoulage ou comme lubrifiants
C03B 7/08 - Cuvettes d'avant-corps, p. ex. distributeurs de paraisons
C03B 40/027 - Appareils pour appliquer des lubrifiants aux moules ou aux outils de formage de verre
A vertical individual section (I.S.) machine for manufacturing glass containers is disclosed in which parisons made in parison molds are lowered into blow molds located under the parison molds without being inverted, where they are blown into glass containers. Optionally, reheat shrouds may be located vertically intermediate the blank molds and the blow molds to reheat the parisons prior to them being blown. The vertical I.S. machine may have multiple sections that are located close adjacent each other, with each section potentially having multiple blank and blow molds.
C03B 9/193 - Soufflage du verreProduction d'articles de verre creux soufflés dans des machines alimentées en paraisons dans des machines du type "pressé-soufflé"
C03B 9/36 - Tuyère de soufflageAlimentation, éjection ou commande du débit de l'air
C03B 9/447 - Moyens pour enlever les objets en verre du moule finisseur, p. ex. extracteurs
34.
Dwell time control system and method with automatic pressure switch point adjustment
A dwell time control system and method for automatically adjusting the selection and timing of a sequence of pressures used to drive the plunger in a parison mold during the parison forming process. The timing of characteristics of the observed press curve from one or more previous parison forming cycles are ascertained and used to control the timing of the changes in pressure during a subsequent parison forming cycle. The timings of these changes of pressure are determined as predetermined percentages of the timings of the characteristics in order to prevent the blow mold from being forced open and in order to prevent the occurrence of an overpressed finish.
C03B 9/193 - Soufflage du verreProduction d'articles de verre creux soufflés dans des machines alimentées en paraisons dans des machines du type "pressé-soufflé"
There is provided a system of an individual section machine (IS) having a blow side with a mold and a blow head, and a blank side, the system includes a P-Switch valve in fluid communication with an EPVB of the IS machine and with the P-Switch valve configured to control a valve pilot air supply to a predetermined pilot valve. When the P-Switch valve is activated, the blow side mold is set to an OPEN position and the associated blow head is set to an UP position. With the P-Switch valve of the system activated, the blow side machinery cannot be overridden from the blank side of the IS machine.
A dwell time control system and method for automatically adjusting the selection and timing of a sequence of pressures used to drive the plunger in a parison mold during the parison forming process. The timing of characteristics of the observed press curve from one or more previous parison forming cycles are ascertained and used to control the timing of the changes in pressure during a subsequent parison forming cycle. The timings of these changes of pressure are determined as predetermined percentages of the timings of the characteristics in order to prevent the blow mold from being forced open and in order to prevent the occurrence of an overpressed finish.
C03B 9/193 - Soufflage du verreProduction d'articles de verre creux soufflés dans des machines alimentées en paraisons dans des machines du type "pressé-soufflé"
37.
Closed loop blank mold temperature control system and method
A closed loop blank mold temperature control system and method for use in the operation of an I.S. machine is disclosed for automatically adjusting machine timing to maintain desired blank mold temperature/heat extraction. The closed loop blank mold temperature control system uses measured blank mold temperatures to automatically control the supply of coolant air to the blank molds, which may be done independently to each blank mold half as well as independently to the plunger for each blank mold. The closed loop blank mold temperature control system can provide temperature setpoint commands, balance left and right parison temperatures, and maintain parison temperatures as a setpoint, all of which contribute to enhanced final glass container quality.
A system and method for the optimization of the cycles of events occurring in an I.S. machine that automatically optimizes the cycles of events occurring in an I.S. machine by using information relating to the characteristics of the hot glass containers manufactured by the I.S. machine obtained by monitoring the hot glass containers immediately subsequent to their manufacture. Optionally, information relating to process values associated with the operation of the I.S. machine may also be monitored and used in the optimization of the cycles of events occurring in the I.S. machine. Also optionally, the active limits of the event times may be modified by an operator based upon observations of the operation of the I.S. machine.
G05B 19/042 - Commande à programme autre que la commande numérique, c.-à-d. dans des automatismes à séquence ou dans des automates à logique utilisant des processeurs numériques
39.
System and method for controlling pusher parameters to adjust the placement of glass containers on the conveyor
A system and method for automatically adjusting the motion and timing of pusher mechanisms in an I.S. machine to maintain desired spacing and lateral alignment of glass containers on a conveyor taking them from the I.S. machine where they are molded. The measured glass container placement and the desired glass container placement are used to vary the operation of the pusher mechanisms in a manner tending to obtain the desired placement.
G05B 13/04 - Systèmes de commande adaptatifs, c.-à-d. systèmes se réglant eux-mêmes automatiquement pour obtenir un rendement optimal suivant un critère prédéterminé électriques impliquant l'usage de modèles ou de simulateurs
40.
VERTICAL GLASS DISTRIBUTION HABITUATING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD
A system and method for automatically adjusting IS. machine timing to maintain desired vertical glass distribution to improve process yield and quality while reducing dependence on operator skill. Deficiencies in the vertical glass distribution are rapidly addressed by automatically varying the start of final blow to allow more or less stretching of the parison, and more fundamentally addressed by adjusting the cooling of the parison mold. The cooling time of the parison mold may be adjusted by using final blow timing error correction or by also using parison mold temperature error correction.
A system and method for automatically adjusting I.S. machine timing to maintain desired vertical glass distribution to improve process yield and quality while reducing dependence on operator skill. Deficiencies in the vertical glass distribution are rapidly addressed by automatically varying the start of final blow to allow more or less stretching of the parison, and more fundamentally addressed by adjusting the cooling of the parison mold. The cooling time of the parison mold may be adjusted by using final blow timing error correction or by also using parison mold temperature error correction.
An apparatus for manufacturing strengthened glass containers, and more particularly an apparatus for thermally strengthening glass containers in a glass container manufacturing line at a location intermediate the hot end and the cold end. Glass containers formed at an I. S. machine are conveyed through a special tempering Lehr that heats them uniformly to a high temperature that is short of temperatures at which they may become deformed. Subsequently, the glass containers are rapidly thermally strengthened in a cooling station in which the outer and inner surfaces including all areas of the glass containers are simultaneously cooled to a temperature below the Strain Point of the glass used in the glass containers.
C03B 27/06 - Trempe des articles de verre utilisant un gaz des articles en verre autres que des feuilles de verre plat ou bombé, p. ex. des articles en verre creux, des lentilles
43.
COOLING SHROUD FOR A POST-MANUFACTURE GLASS CONTAINER THERMAL STRENGTHENING STATION
An apparatus for manufacturing strengthened glass containers, and more particularly the construction and operation of a cooling shroud in an apparatus for thermally strengthening glass containers in a glass container manufacturing line at a location intermediate the hot end and the cold end. Glass containers formed at an I. S. machine are conveyed through a special tempering Lehr that heats them uniformly to a high temperature that is short of temperatures at which they may become deformed. Subsequently, the glass containers are rapidly thermally strengthened in a cooling station in which the outer and inner surfaces including all areas of the glass containers are simultaneously cooled to a temperature below the Strain Point of the glass used in the glass containers, with the cooling shrouds being used to cool the outer surfaces of the glass containers.
C03B 27/06 - Trempe des articles de verre utilisant un gaz des articles en verre autres que des feuilles de verre plat ou bombé, p. ex. des articles en verre creux, des lentilles
44.
BOTTOM COOLER FOR A POST-MANUFACTURE GLASS CONTAINER THERMAL STRENGTHENING STATION
An apparatus for manufacturing strengthened glass containers, and more particularly the construction and operation of a bottom cooler in an apparatus for thermally strengthening glass containers in a glass container manufacturing line at a location intermediate the hot end and the cold end. Glass containers formed at an I. S. machine are conveyed through a special tempering Lehr that heats them uniformly to a high temperature that is short of temperatures at which they may become deformed. Subsequently, the glass containers are rapidly thermally strengthened in a cooling station in which the outer and inner surfaces including all areas of the glass containers are simultaneously cooled to a temperature below the Strain Point of the glass used in the glass containers, with the bottom coolers being used to cool the bottoms of the glass containers.
C03B 27/06 - Trempe des articles de verre utilisant un gaz des articles en verre autres que des feuilles de verre plat ou bombé, p. ex. des articles en verre creux, des lentilles
A method of manufacturing of strengthened glass containers, and more particularly a method of thermally strengthening glass containers in a glass container manufacturing line at a location intermediate the hot end and the cold end. Glass containers formed at an I. S. machine are conveyed through a special tempering Lehr that heats them uniformly to a high temperature that is short of temperatures at which they may become deformed. Subsequently, the glass containers are subjected to a unique rapid thermal strengthening cooling process in which the outer and inner surfaces including all areas of the glass containers are simultaneously cooled to a temperature below the Strain Point of the glass used in the glass containers.
C03B 27/06 - Trempe des articles de verre utilisant un gaz des articles en verre autres que des feuilles de verre plat ou bombé, p. ex. des articles en verre creux, des lentilles
46.
COOLING TUBE MECHANISM OPERATION IN A POST-MANUFACTURE GLASS CONTAINER THERMAL STRENGTHENING STATION
An apparatus for manufacturing strengthened glass containers, and more particularly the construction and operation of a cooling tube mechanism in an apparatus for thermally strengthening glass containers in a glass container manufacturing line at a location intermediate the hot end and the cold end. Glass containers formed at an I. S. machine are conveyed through a special tempering Lehr that heats them uniformly to a high temperature that is short of temperatures at which they may become deformed. Subsequently, the glass containers are rapidly thermally strengthened in a cooling station in which the outer and inner surfaces including all areas of the glass containers are simultaneously cooled to a temperature below the Strain Point of the glass used in the glass containers, with the cooling tube mechanism being used to cool the inner surfaces of the glass containers.
C03B 27/06 - Trempe des articles de verre utilisant un gaz des articles en verre autres que des feuilles de verre plat ou bombé, p. ex. des articles en verre creux, des lentilles
47.
COOLING TUBE NOZZLE FOR A POST-MANUFACTURE GLASS CONTAINER THERMAL STRENGTHENING STATION
An apparatus for manufacturing strengthened glass containers, and more particularly the construction and operation of a cooling tube nozzle in an apparatus for thermally strengthening glass containers in a glass container manufacturing line at a location intermediate the hot end and the cold end. Glass containers formed at an I.S. machine are conveyed through a special tempering Lehr that heats them uniformly to a high temperature that is short of temperatures at which they may become deformed. Subsequently, the glass containers are rapidly thermally strengthened in a cooling station in which the outer and inner surfaces including all areas of the glass containers are simultaneously cooled to a temperature below the Strain Point of the glass used in the glass containers, with the cooling tube nozzles being used to cool the inner surfaces of the glass containers.
C03B 27/06 - Trempe des articles de verre utilisant un gaz des articles en verre autres que des feuilles de verre plat ou bombé, p. ex. des articles en verre creux, des lentilles
48.
BASE COOLING NOZZLE FOR A POST-MANUFACTURE GLASS CONTAINER THERMAL STRENGTHENING STATION
An apparatus for manufacturing strengthened glass containers, and more particularly the construction and operation of a base cooling nozzle in an apparatus for thermally strengthening glass containers in a glass container manufacturing line at a location intermediate the hot end and the cold end. Glass containers formed at an I. S. machine are conveyed through a special tempering Lehr that heats them uniformly to a high temperature that is short of temperatures at which they may become deformed. Subsequently, the glass containers are rapidly thermally strengthened in a cooling station in which the outer and inner surfaces including all areas of the glass containers are simultaneously cooled to a temperature below the Strain Point of the glass used in the glass containers, with the base cooling nozzles being used to cool the bottoms of the glass containers.
C03B 27/06 - Trempe des articles de verre utilisant un gaz des articles en verre autres que des feuilles de verre plat ou bombé, p. ex. des articles en verre creux, des lentilles
49.
POST-MANUFACTURE GLASS CONTAINER THERMAL STRENGTHENING ON A CONVEYOR
A method of manufacturing of strengthened glass containers, and more particularly a method of thermally strengthening glass containers in a glass container manufacturing line while they are on a conveyor intermediate the hot end and the cold end. Glass containers formed at an I. S. machine are conveyed through a special tempering Lehr that heats them uniformly to a high temperature that is short of temperatures at which they may become deformed. Subsequently, the glass containers while being transported on a conveyor are subjected to a unique rapid thermal strengthening cooling process in which the outer and inner surfaces including all areas of the glass containers are simultaneously cooled to a temperature below the Strain Point of the glass used in the glass containers.
C03B 27/06 - Trempe des articles de verre utilisant un gaz des articles en verre autres que des feuilles de verre plat ou bombé, p. ex. des articles en verre creux, des lentilles
An inspection machine for inspecting the volume of liquid contained by a bottle filed to its defined fill height. A head is lowered and has a sealing plate which seals the open finish of a bottle. A fill tube assembly is part of the head and continues to be lowered until a level sensor is located to sense liquid at a pre-fill level. High and low pressure water lines which are a part of the fill tube assembly are operated to fill the bottle to the pre-fill level. The sealing plate is released and then the process is repeated lowering the sensor to the post-fill level and operating only the low-pressure line to fill the bottle to the post-fill level. The total liquid filling the bottle is then computed.
B65B 1/30 - Dispositifs ou procédés pour régler ou déterminer la quantité ou la qualité du matériau fourni ou chargé
G01F 23/00 - Indication ou mesure du niveau des liquides ou des matériaux solides fluents, p. ex. indication en fonction du volume ou indication au moyen d'un signal d'alarme
Glass forming equipment, namely, glass feeders, glass
forming machines, glass inspection machines, and electrical
control systems sold as a component part of the listed glass
forming equipment.
52.
System and method for monitoring hot glass containers to enhance their quality and control the forming process
A system and method are disclosed for monitoring hot glass containers at the hot end as they stream from an I.S. machine manufacturing them to enable their quality to be monitored, enhanced, and controlled. The system monitors radiation from the hot glass containers, extracts images of each hot glass container, analyzes the images of the hot glass containers, and provides the images of the hot glass containers together with information indicative of the quality thereof to a display screen viewable by an operator to enable the quick identification of glass forming process deviations and to occasion continuous improvements in glass container quality. The system and method are independent of conditions and parameters that have hampered previously known attempts to monitor hot glass containers, and make possible the production of glass containers of both high quality and substantially increased consistency.
H04N 7/18 - Systèmes de télévision en circuit fermé [CCTV], c.-à-d. systèmes dans lesquels le signal vidéo n'est pas diffusé
G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales
Glass forming equipment, namely, glass feeders, glass forming machines, glass inspection machines, and electrical control systems sold as a component part of the listed glass forming equipment
Glass forming equipment, namely, glass feeders, glass
forming machines, glass inspection machines, and electrical
control systems sold as a component part of the listed glass
forming equipment.
55.
Modular apparatus and method for rotating glass containers and the like
An apparatus and method for rotating glass containers and like wares for purposes of inspection is disclosed that uses a compact, modular apparatus which has a drive system that automatically accelerates the wares to full rotation speed while applying only the amount of contact force to the wares that is required to rotate them. The apparatus of the present invention is compact and thus consumes minimal volume in the area near the glass container being rotated. The apparatus for rotating glass containers of the present invention has an outstanding ability to move quickly into contact with a glass container and accelerate it to its full speed without damaging it or being damaged by it, and presents a low degree of impact to glass containers.
Glass forming equipment, namely, glass feeders, glass forming machines, glass inspection machines, and electrical control systems sold as a component part of the listed glass forming equipment
Glass forming equipment, namely, glass feeders, glass
forming machines, glass inspection machines, and electrical
control systems sold as a component part of the listed glass
forming equipment.
Glass forming equipment, namely glass feeders, glass forming
machines, glass inspection machines, and electrical control
systems sold as a component part of the listed glass forming
equipment.
21 - Ustensiles, récipients, matériaux pour le ménage; verre; porcelaine; faience
Produits et services
Glass forming equipment, namely, glass feeders, glass forming machines, glass inspection machines, and electrical control systems sold as a component part of the listed glass forming equipment. Glass containers for holding liquids and solids.
Glass forming equipment, namely, glass feeders, glass forming machines, glass inspection machines, and electrical control systems sold as a component part of the listed glass forming equipment
Glass forming equipment, namely, glass feeders, glass forming machines, glass inspection machines, and electrical control systems sold as a component part of the listed glass forming equipment
Glass forming equipment, namely, glass feeders, glass forming machines, glass inspection machines, and electrical control systems sold as a component part of the listed glass forming equipment and electrical control systems sold as a component part of the listed glass forming equipment.
Glass forming equipment, namely, glass feeders, glass forming machines, glass inspection machines, and electrical control systems sold as a component part of the listed glass forming equipment and electrical control systems sold as a component part of the listed glass forming equipment.
Glass forming equipment, namely, glass feeders, glass forming machines, glass inspection machines, and electrical control systems sold as a component part of the listed glass forming equipment
An I.S. machine has a blow station where a parison is blown into a bottle. The parison is blown with a blow head at the “on” position on the blow mold and following the blowing of the parison, the blow head is lifted away from the blow mold. The spacing between the blow head and the mold is defined by a Pressure Profile which is responsive to the sensed pressure within the mold.
An inspection machine for inspecting the volume of liquid contained by a bottle filed to its defined fill height. A head is lowered and has a sealing plate which seals the open finish of a bottle. A fill tube assembly is part of the head and continues to be lowered until a level sensor is located to sense liquid at a pre-fill level. High and low pressure water lines which are a part of the fill tube assembly are operated to fill the bottle to the pre-fill level. The sealing plate is released and then the process is repeated lowering the sensor to the post-fill level and operating only the low-pressure line to fill the bottle to the post-fill level. The total liquid filling the bottle is then computed.
A machine for inspecting glass bottles for wire edges. A bottom light directs light vertically upwardly to image a Camera imaging the glass bottle from above. A beam splitter redirects light from a second light source which issues horizontal light, vertically downwardly towards the sealing surface. The bottle hole appears white, the sealing surface appears gray and the annular step appears black with a wire edge on the step appearing gray.
G01N 21/00 - Recherche ou analyse des matériaux par l'utilisation de moyens optiques, c.-à-d. en utilisant des ondes submillimétriques, de la lumière infrarouge, visible ou ultraviolette
An inspection machine for determining whether a bottle at an inspection station is “out of round”. A laser, spaced from the bottle to be inspected directs a laser beam towards the axis of the bottle to be inspected whereby a diffuse spot of energy will be defined on the surface of the bottle to be inspected. The bottle to be inspected is rotated about its axis and a CCD camera views the spot of energy on the surface of the bottle at a defined angle to the laser beam. A control determines the displacement of the spot of energy as the bottle to be inspected is rotated 360 degrees about its axis and issues a reject signal in the event the displacement exceeds a set limit.
A mold cooling system for an I.S. machine wherein cooling air is supplied to vertical cooling holes defined in the molds either at their ends or midway along their length.
A pushout mechanism includes a pusher finger assembly which utilizes air jets to facilitate the location of bottles with the pockets defined by the fingers. The air jets are defined by in a projecting post in an orifice member which can be quickly released from the arm of the finger. The location of the air jet can, accordingly, be quickly adjusted by substituting an orifice member having a shorter or longer post.
A machine for inspecting bottles which has a conveyor for conveying bottles at a first velocity. A bottle spacing mechanism receives bottles conveyed by the conveyor at a first location and releases bottles on the conveyor at a second downstream location. The bottle spacing mechanism includes a first belt conveyor defining one side of a conveyor path for bottles progressing from the first location to the second location, a first drive mechanism including a drive pulley for driving the first belt conveyor at the first velocity, an upstream second conveyor and a downstream third conveyor defining the other side of the conveyor path for bottles progressing from the first location to the second location, a second drive mechanism including a drive pulley for driving the second belt conveyor at a second velocity lower than the first velocity whereby a bottle conveyed between the first and second conveyors will be conveyed at a velocity lower than the first velocity, and a third drive mechanism including a drive pulley for driving the third belt conveyor at the first velocity whereby a bottle conveyed between the first and third conveyors will be conveyed at the first velocity, the second velocity resulting in bottles released onto the conveyor having a selected spacing.
B65G 47/31 - Dispositifs pour influencer la position relative ou l'orientation des objets pendant le transport par transporteurs arrangeant les objets, p. ex. faisant varier l'espace entre chaque objet pendant le transport par une série de transporteurs en faisant varier les vitesses relatives des transporteurs en série
Glass forming equipment, namely, glass feeders, glass forming machines, glass inspection machines, and electrical control systems sold as a component part of the listed glass forming equipment
