A hanger pin removal tool has a first tubular body having a cut-out at a distal end thereof with a second tubular body slidably secured therewithin. The second tubular body has a channel and port cut within the first tubular body which is aligned with the cut-out of the first tubular body. The tool is configured to permit insertion into the mouth of a recently manufactured glass bottle, secure to the hanger pin positioned within the bottle and extract the same.

A hanger pin removal tool has a first tubular body having a cut-out at a distal end thereof with a second tubular body slidably secured therewithin. The second tubular body has a channel and port cut within the first tubular body which is aligned with the cut-out of the first tubular body. The tool is configured to permit insertion into the mouth of a recently manufactured glass bottle, secure to the hanger pin positioned within the bottle and extract the same.

A process for forming coating on an interior surface of a glass container. A glass preform is formed at blank molding station from a gob of molten glass. Thereafter, a glass container is formed at a blow molding station from the glass preform. A coating material comprising a suspension of nanoparticles in a liquid medium is introduced into an interior of the glass preform or the glass container while the glass is still hot from being formed. Heat from the glass is transferred to the liquid medium to vaporize the liquid medium and form a coating on an interior surface of the glass preform or the glass container. Thereafter, the glass container is annealed.

A process for forming coating on an interior surface of a glass container. A glass preform is formed at blank molding station from a gob of molten glass. Thereafter, a glass container is formed at a blow molding station from the glass preform. A coating material comprising a suspension of nanoparticles in a liquid medium is introduced into an interior of the glass preform or the glass container while the glass is still hot from being formed. Heat from the glass is transferred to the liquid medium to vaporize the liquid medium and form a coating on an interior surface of the glass preform or the glass container. Thereafter, the glass container is annealed.

A method and apparatus for forming a glass parison are disclosed. A glass parison forming apparatus includes a feeder spout having an orifice ring, a plunger carried in the feeder spout and including a blow conduit therethrough, and a neck ring located immediately downstream of the orifice ring, with no chutes, scoops, or other gob handling devices therebetween. A glass container produced by the disclosed method and apparatus is also described.

A parallelepipedal low-pressure plasma chamber body of glass is disclosed. The low-pressure plasma chamber may have electrodes at opposing sides of the low-pressure plasma chamber body. Furthermore, the low-pressure plasma chamber may have at opposing sides a door and a rear wall closure. The door and rear wall closure may in each case have at least one media connection in order to achieve a uniform gas flow in the low-pressure plasma chamber. The door may be assembled on the collar of the low-pressure plasma chamber body which extends radially away from the longitudinal axis of the low-pressure plasma chamber body. The low-pressure plasma chamber body is preferably produced using the pressing method or blow-and-blow method, in an analogous manner to industrial glass bottle production.

A parallelepipedal low-pressure plasma chamber body of glass is disclosed. The low-pressure plasma chamber may have electrodes at opposing sides of the low-pressure plasma chamber body. Furthermore, the low-pressure plasma chamber may have at opposing sides a door and a rear wall closure. The door and rear wall closure may in each case have at least one media connection in order to achieve a uniform gas flow in the low-pressure plasma chamber. The door may be assembled on the collar of the low-pressure plasma chamber body which extends radially away from the longitudinal axis of the low-pressure plasma chamber body. The low-pressure plasma chamber body is preferably produced using the pressing method or blow-and-blow method, in an analogous manner to industrial glass bottle production.

The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a set of mass-produced glass containers, a raw material composition, and a set of resulting mass-produced glass containers, wherein the method comprises obtaining successive batches of raw material including, in a certain percentage of at least 80% by weight, a mixture of, for the most part, predominantly transparent pieces of recovered post-consumer glass and with a heterogeneous and variable chromatic composition in successive batches, melting the successive batches of raw material, and automatically manufacturing the set of predominantly transparent mass-produced containers with an identical shape, automatically detecting and rejecting the manufactured containers exhibiting dimensional and/or safety defects causing alterations in the shape and/or geometry of the container above predefined tolerances, ignoring the chromatic and/or aesthetic manufacturing defects, and filling all the containers from the set of non-rejected mass-produced containers with the same content and labeling with an identical label.

The present invention relates to a particle filter (F) for a glass forming machine operating according to a blow-and-blow process or according to a press-and-blow process, said particle filter (F) is adapted for placing in at least an air channel (14a) serving pressurized air for counter blow (5) of a parison (P) in a blank mold (2) forming station of said glass forming machine, and/or an air channel (14b, 20) serving pressurized air for final blow (11) and/or for finish cooling (21) of a glass container (12) made of said parison (P) in a finish mold (8) station of said glass forming machine, said particle filter (F) comprising a surface filter as a main filter media (MF) and said particle filter (F), if placed in at least said air channel (14a) serving pressurized air for counter blow (5) of said parison (P) in said blank mold (2) forming station of said glass forming machine, and/or said air channel (14b, 20) serving pressurized air for final blow (11) and/or for finish cooling (21) of said glass container made of said parison (P) in said finish mold (8) station of said glass forming machine, avoiding passage of particles above a certain size from a dirty side of said main filter media (MF) to a clean side of said main filter media (MF) and thus, also avoiding final passage of said particles above said certain size into said parison (P) or said glass container (12) blown by said glass forming machine and a plunger unit (PU), a blow head (BH), a blow head support and a glass forming machine adapted for a particle filter (F) according to the present invention.

A glass container that includes a base defining a hole, and methods of manufacturing and using the glass container, is disclosed. The glass container is manufactured by providing the container and cutting a hole in a wall of the container. The hole may be cut into the wall by any technique in which glass material is separated from the wall including by mechanical shearing, thermal energy, and/or fluid impingement. To use the glass container, a deformable blow-out plug may be inserted into the hole to fluidly seal the hole, a liquid beverage may be introduced into the container, a closure may be coupled to the container to close the container and provide a pressurizable package, and thereafter the package may be internally pressurized by introducing a pressurizing gas into the package.