Patent ID: 6884383

Claim:
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, the receiving device having a longitudinal direction substantially perpendicular to the opening direction of the molds and substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the container when released from the mold, and the longitudinal direction of the receiving device being non-horizontal, 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.