Claims
- 1. In an apparatus for transferring an open end parison comprising in combination:
- a parison heating means including means to deliver heated open end parisons in an upright position ;
- vertically disposed plug means;
- jaw means on opposed sides of said plug means, and means to move said jaw means in toward said plug means to form a neck finish on one end of a parison;
- means carrying a pair of opposed picker fingers which close together so as to grip one and of said parison in said heating means and transfer said parison into position over said plug means; and
- means to introduce fluid pressure into an interior of said parison, the improvement comprising means to adjust the temperature of one of said picker fingers to a level different from that of the other picker finger so as to cause said parison to camber slightly to align an opposite end of said parison over said plug means.
- 2. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said means to adjust said temperature comprises means to blow a cooling fluid on one of said fingers.
- 3. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said means to adjust said temperature comprises a heater for one of said fingers.
- 4. Apparatus according to claim 1 comprising in addition a pair of opposed mold halves having means to close same around said parison to form a mold cavity.
Parent Case Info
This application is a divisional of copending application Ser. No. 581,615, filed May 29, 1975 now U.S. Pat. No. 3,985,850.
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