Patent ID: 6884383
Filing Date: 2005-04-26
Classification: B29C

Abstract:
1. A system for use with a container molding machine having a mold wheel, the mold wheel having a plurality of molds for molding the containers, each of the molds having an opening direction substantially parallel to a rotational axis of the mold wheel, the system comprising: a mold opening controller; and a receiving device for receiving the containers from the mold wheel and transferring the containers to a container conveyor, wherein the mold opening controller is for opening the molds such that each of the containers is released from the mold wheel after the mold molding that container has rotated past a lowest point of rotation of the mold wheel, and the controller is for opening the molds such that each of the containers is released from the mold wheel between 5° and 40° of rotation past the lowest point of rotation of the mold wheel.