Patent ID: 7316796

Claim:
A method of ejecting a container having a central axis from a blow mold, the method comprising the steps of: opening a blow mold containing a container, said blow mold comprising a pair of pistons having a head and a heel, an end cap disposed behind said heel, and a pair of ejector rods, each ejector rod coupled to a different one of said pair of pistons; forcing a fluid against each head of each of said pair of pistons, extending each of said ejector rods in a direction that is nonparallel to the central axis to maintain contact with an opposite side of a center portion of the container in said blow mold and pushing the container from said blow mold; and forcing a fluid against said heel of each of said pair of pistons operative to retract said pair of ejector rods away from the container when the container is separated from said blow mold.