Parison transferring means.

摘要

Parison transferring means for use in transferring glass parisons from a parison forming mould to a blow mould. The transferring means comprises gripping means (80, 82) operable to grip or release a parison and moving means for moving the gripping means about a horizontal axis (12) to bring the gripping means to gripping and releasing positions thereof. The moving means comprises a horizontal shaft (14) on which a cylinder (18) is mounted for rotation the gripping means being mounted on the cylinder. A piston (36) is movable in the cylinder (18) and screw-threadedly connected to the shaft (14) so that movement along the cylinder causes the piston to rotate about the horizontal axis. A driving connection (64, 66) between the piston and the cylinder causes the cylinder to rotate when the piston does so.