An injection moulding assembly (10) comprising a male moulding member (11)
surrounded by a female moulding member (12) forming a void (13) between
them that upon injection of molten plastics into the mould a container
can be formed. The moulding assembly includes a guide rod (14) and
ejection flange (16) and a pair of ejection flange guide rods (17 and
18), an air vent valve (15) and an injection passage (19). The male
member (11) includes in this embodiment eight grooves (20) unevenly
spaced so that the partially hardened container formed in the injection
mould can be pushed from the mould using the ejection flange (16) while
the container is sufficiently green to enable the ribs formed in the
grooves (20) to move over the surface of the male mould (11) during the
ejection process.