Society of Glass Technology · [Sheffield] · leaf 655
the necessity of bringing themoulds directly beneath the glass out-let. The molten glass on being separatedby shears in the usual manner falls intoa trough, 25 (Fig. 164), with a siiitablerefractory lining. The trough has twoor three curved branches, 11, accordingto the number of machines to be… … MACHINERY FOR THE WORKING OF GLASS. 277 of carbon or other refractory material, 20. Thus, the gobs of glassas they fall are swept along the troughs and into the moulds. The troughs may have flowing along them small streams of water,which is allowed to escape through small holes in the bottom…
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