WIPO publishes Owens-Brockway Glass Container patent for 'Plunger and parison mold assembly for a narrow-neck press-and-blow wine bottle'

Elyse Blye

GENEVA , December 30, 2013 (U.S. Fed News) – Publication No. WO/2013/191818 was published on Dec. 27.

Title of the invention: "PLUNGER AND PARISON MOLD ASSEMBLY FOR A NARROW-NECK PRESS-AND-BLOW WINE BOTTLE."

Applicants: OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC. (US).

Inventors: Phyllis A. Cresswell (US), Vincent J. Bailey (US), Edward A. Grant (US) and Daniel L. Newsom (US).

According to the abstract* posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization: "A parison pressing plunger (26) for a press-and-blow glassware manufacturing machine, A body (38) has a central axis (36) and an outer surface of revolution around the central axis and including at least first and second spaced portions (40 and 42} and an intermediate third portion (44) extending between the first and second spaced portions. The first and second spaced portions being conical at angles of not more than 2deg to the axis and the third portion Is a conical outer surface at an angle not less than 4deg to the axis."

The patent was filed on May 14 under Application No. PCT/US2013/040852.

*For further information, including images, charts and tables, please visit: http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2013191818

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