Patent ID: 9382027
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: B65C

Claim Text:
1. A device for transferring fitting parts for container labelling, the device comprising: a hub coupled centrally and directly to a direct drive so as to be rotationally driven by the direct drive around a rotational axis in a stationary hub bearing arrangement disposed in an outer circumferential region of the hub; a plurality of drive shafts rotatably mounted near an outside circumference of the hub, each drive shaft being parallel to the rotational axis and coupled to a respective transfer shaft carrying a transfer element; and a lantern wheel disposed underneath the hub, the lantern wheel including drive pinions and toothed wheel segments disposed on the drive shafts and a stationary control cam plate for pivotally rotating the drive shafts with rotation of the hub, wherein the direct drive is disposed underneath the control cam plate, and wherein the direct drive is an electric torque motor or an electric servomotor, the torque motor having a stator and an interior rotor, the stator containing coils and being mounted on a bottom side of the control cam plate or of a plate-like support structure of the device, and the interior rotor being equipped with magnets and being directly mounted on the central shaft of the hub.