Patent ID: 6276514
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A toothed wheel for transferring, one of, preforms and receptacles each including a ring or a neck fitted with a flange, said preforms or receptacles being supported by their flanges during rotation of said toothed wheel, between an arrival area and a discharge area, each of which is located close to a periphery of said toothed wheel, said toothed wheel comprising;a plurality of independent peripheral teeth pivotally mounted on a spindle, each of said teeth being designed to carry along a preform or receptacle during the rotation of said toothed wheel while each tooth is able to pivot in a direction opposite to a direction of rotation of said toothed wheel and to release said preform or receptacle if a resistance to a driving force is greater than a force of an elastic recall means which urges said each tooth towards a normal transporting position,wherein at least two adjacent teeth have closely arranged corresponding concave and convex surfaces such that the concave surface of one adjacent tooth is engagable with the convex surface of the other adjacent tooth.