Patent ID: 9580252
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: B29C,B65G

Claim:
1. A transport apparatus for transporting a preform for blow molding, comprising: a transporter having transport jigs, each of the transport jigs for holding one preform of a plurality of preforms in an inverted state with a neck of each of the preforms facing downward, and which transporter continuously transports the preforms at a transport speed along a transport line in a horizontal direction along with the transport jigs while rotating the transport jigs and allowing each of the preforms to rotate about its own vertical axis with rotation of the transport jigs; and an engaging device comprising an engager provided so as to be movable along the transport line in conformity with the transport speed of each of the preforms by the transporter, and the engager provided so as to engage a convexity or a concavity provided in an outer periphery of each of the preforms with the preforms moving to stop the rotation of each of the preforms about the axis thereof, thereby setting an orientation of each of the preforms to a predetermined orientation, wherein the transport line is provided with a curved transport portion which is curved with a predetermined radius, and the engager is provided rotatably along the curved transport portion radially inwardly of the curved transport portion.