MAGAZINE APPARATUSES FOR HOLDING GLASSWARE DURING PROCESSING

摘要

According to one embodiment, an apparatus for holding may include a plurality of ware keepers for receiving glassware. Each ware keeper may include a retention body comprising a wire coil circumscribing a glassware receiving volume. A lower-most winding of the wire coil forms a ware stop in the retention body. The retention body may include a spacer coil extending from the retention body below the ware stop. A base frame may include a plurality of apertures extending through the base frame. Each of the plurality of ware keepers may be positioned in a corresponding aperture in the base frame such that the retention body of each ware keeper is above a top surface of the base frame and the spacer coil of each ware keeper is below a bottom surface of the base frame.

主权项

1. An apparatus for holding and retaining glassware during processing, the apparatus comprising:
a plurality of ware keepers for receiving glassware, wherein each ware keeper of the plurality of ware keepers comprises:
a retention body comprising a wire coil circumscribing a glassware receiving volume, wherein a lower-most winding of the wire coil has a winding diameter that is less than a winding diameter of windings in the remainder of the retention body such that the lower-most winding of the wire coil forms a ware stop in the retention body; anda spacer coil extending from the retention body below the ware stop; and a base frame comprising a plurality of apertures extending through the base frame, wherein each of the plurality of ware keepers is positioned in a corresponding aperture in the base frame such that the retention body of each ware keeper is above a top surface of the base frame and the spacer coil of each ware keeper is below a bottom surface of the base frame.