Patent ID: 7472565

Claim:
A plastic takeout holder jaw adapted to fit a takeout holder machine to remove hot bottles from a bottle forming mold comprising: a semi-circular plastic takeout holder jaw base having a front edge having an inner wall that forms an insert opening in the front edge that extends toward a rear edge; a pocket within the inner wall formed by a bottom wall, a side wall and a top wall wherein the pocket is tapered with the pocket at the front edge wider than the pocket at the rear edge to form a wedge shaped profile from the front edge toward the rear edge adapted to frictionally fit a corresponding wedge shaped semi-circular insert; a tab aperture in the side wall of the pocket that mates to a corresponding tab on the wedge shaped semi-circular insert wherein the tab aperture comprises an elongated female depression that mates to a corresponding elongated male extension on the corresponding tab to frictionally secure removably the wedge shaped semi-circular insert within the pocket; and a yoke that extends generally perpendicularly from the semi-circular plastic takeout holder base, wherein the yoke is configured to fit a takeout holder machine used to remove hot bottles from a bottle forming mold and the plastic takeout holder jaw provides a longer life expectancy and is stable at temperatures at which the takeout holder machine removes the hot bottles from the bottle forming mold.