Sampling of hot glassware in a glassware manufacturing system

摘要

An apparatus for selectively removing and holding hot glass-ware from a conveyor between a manufacturing machine and an annealing lehr, comprises: (a) disposition means between glass-ware manufacturing system and annealing lehr for propelling an articles of glass-ware on the conveyor in a direction lateral to motion of the conveyor; (b) means for disposition on a side of the conveyor opposite the propelling means for receiving glass-ware article propelled from the conveyor whilst the article is hot, where the receiving means engages the glass-ware article and resists motion of the article so to arrest motion of the article without damage; and (c) means adjacent to the engaging means for holding an article of glass-ware until removed by the operator.