Patent ID: 7101506

Claim:
A method for removing blown articles from a vertically disposed wheel blow molding machine and placing the articles in a controlled uniform manner on a takeaway conveyor, comprising: releasing blown articles from a vertically disposed wheel blow molding machine so that said blown articles exit said blow molding machine in a free gravitational vertical-fall; receiving said free falling articles on an inclined end of a powered takeaway conveyor located underneath said wheel blow molding machine; confining said blown articles on said inclined end of said takeaway conveyor with a powered endless positioning belt located above said takeaway conveyor and extending along and a spaced distance from said inclined end of said takeaway conveyor such that said blown articles are located between and are engaged by said inclined end and said positioning belt to position said blown articles on said takeaway conveyor in a controlled uniform manner; and transporting said blown articles on said takeaway conveyor away from the wheel blow molding machine.