Patent ID: 6446781
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
An installation for transferring receptacles each having a body surmounted by a neck provided with a collar, the installation comprisingan upstream transport starwheel adapted to support the receptacles by their necks, a first downstream transport device constituted by a transport starwheel, at least one second downstream transport device, a fixed upstream guide extending around a portion of the upstream transport starwheel as far as the first downstream transport device, a fixed downstream guide having a first branch extending from the upstream transport starwheel around a portion of the transport starwheel of the first downstream transport device and a second branch extending around a portion of the upstream transport starwheel between the first and second downstream transport devices, a deflector member comprising two facing rows of segments, said deflector being mounted over the upstream transport starwheel and the transport starwheel of the first downstream transport device to move between a first position in which the deflector member extends the first branch of the downstream guide over the upstream transport starwheel and a second position in which the deflector member connects the upstream guide to the second branch of the downstream guide, and means for displacing the segments of each row independently of one another.