Abstract: A method and apparatus for trimming and inspecting hollow plastic containers having a neck which has an opening that forms an angle with the vertical axis of the hollow container wherein as the hollow container is moved by a conveyor intermittently past a succession of stations of a trimming and inspection apparatus, the neck of the container is clamped and oriented so that the axis of the opening is vertical and the trimming or inspecting tooling is moved downwardly to engage and perform the trimming or inspecting. In one form two containers are simultaneously clamped and oriented.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controllably dispensing upright bottles onto a continuous conveyor is provided wherein the bottles are supplied from a duct and there is provided at least two opposed pivotal members each of the pivotal members carrying bottle supporting surfaces at an upper portion and complementary bottle stabilizing and restraining nest defining portions at a lower portion of the pivotal members, the method includes pivotally moving the members so that the supporting surfaces move in an upper path which includes a bottle supporting position and a non-supporting position and the complementary bottle stabilizing and restraining nest defining portions move in a lower path which includes a bottle stabilizing and restraining nest forming position and a bottle release position, supplying an upright bottle from above the supporting surfaces, supporting the bottle on said supporting surfaces when the surfaces are in one location in the upper path, releasing the bottle downwardly when said surfaces are in