a pet bottle forming machine used to mold clear plastic bottles of the type now widely used for mayonaise jars , cosmetic jars , perfume jars and the like , is modified to reduce the potential damage to such jars or containers at the time they are released from the machine . the machine includes an ejector pad , which enters into the open end of the container to center the container at the time a lip spreader operates to part the lip forming portion to release the container . the ejector pad is mounted on the end of a hollow rod , which extends through the pad . when the ejector pad is inserted into the open end of the container at the time of release , a vacuum is applied through the hollow rod to cause the container to be secured to the ejector pad . the hollow rod , with the ejector pad and container releaseably secured to it , then is lowered to place the bottom of the container on a support surface , at which time the vacuum is removed to release the container from the ejector pad . the support rod and ejector pad then are raised to an initial starting position for a repeat of the cycle .