Abstract: Method and apparatus for trimming the neck of plastic bottles includes means for rapidly rotating a cutting blade around the neck being trimmed while progressively moving the cutting blade through the thickness of the neck. During the cutting, a flat surface of the cutting blade rubs against the newly cut upper neck or finish surface to provide a polished surface therefor.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for trimming the neck of plastic bottles includes means for rapidly rotating a cutting blade around the neck being trimmed while progressively moving the cutting blade through the thickness of the neck. During the cutting, a flat surface of the cutting blade rubs against the newly cut upper neck or finish surface to provide a polished surface therefor.

Abstract: This invention relates to a resealable package for holding goods which may be perishable such as cheese. A tray is structured to hold the goods and a cover fits over the top of the tray to seal and reclose the package as goods are removed. The empty tray is stackable for shipment in nested fashion and includes a ledge to space the trays to facilitate separation.

Abstract: Skin is removed from an edible material by passing the edible material through a skin removal zone of an ablative removal apparatus. In the skin removal zone, skin is ablatively removed by the action of a continuous wave carbon dioxide laser beam which rapidly traverses the skin removal zone in a direction substantially transverse to the edible material movement. The edible material may be skinned regardless of whether it is fresh, frozen, thawed, or cooked. Skin vaporized by the laser light beam generates a gaseous plume which is removed from the skin removal zone by causing a current of air to traverse that zone.