Patent ID: 7752947

Claim:
A method of trimming a plastic log ejected from a blow mold, the log having opposite end portions and an offset neck extending along an axis, the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving each end portion of the log in a respective holder to capture a log between the holders; (b) capturing the log in the holders with the log at a predetermined axial orientation with respect to the neck axis; (c) rotating the holders and captured log about the neck axis of the captured log; and (d) relatively moving the rotating log past a trim knife, the trim knife configured to engage the rotating log to trim the log, rotating the holders and captured log in a first direction of rotation and in an opposite second direction of rotation while the log is engaged against the trim knife; and (e) discharging the log from the holders with the log at a predetermined axial orientation with respect to the neck axis.