Cooling articles of newly moulded glassware.

摘要

A newly-moulded article of glassware (12) is positioned on a dead plate (10) with a contral opening of the dead plate beneath a central region of the bottom of the article and a plurality of grooves (20) or openings extending from beyond the article to beneath the bottom thereof. Air is sucked through the central opening so that it flows through the grooves or openings past the bottom of the article. Air is also blown on the sidewalls of the article through a plurality of nozzles (26) uniformly spaced around the article.