Society of Glass Technology · [Sheffield] · leaf 652
tank or pot inportions of uniform size, consistency, and temperature, and todeliver them without any undue chilling. A gathering head is mounted obliquely, and is thrust into themolten glass by the action of the cranked lever, 19 (Fig. 161),operated by a roller running in the cam groove, 22. At the… … Fig. 161. chamber heated either by the furnace flames or by separate jets.Plere, with the rotation stopped, the glass is allowed to fall fromthe iron and is cut off by mechanically operated shears, which passthrough openings, 7, in the opposite sides of the chamber. In orderto follow the varying…
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