Patent ID: 7661739
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: B67C

Abstract:
1. Gripper for containers, the containers being bottles having at least a circular cross section, the gripper having swiveling levers being individually pivotally supported on fixed swiveling axes, said swiveling levers being mechanically coupled for simultaneous and synchronous pivot movements about said swiveling axes upon actuation by a cam between a closed position and an opened position of the gripper, at least one of the swiveling levers having an operating arm and the cam being linked to the operating arm by a rod, wherein the gripper has a first, a second, and a third swiveling lever which can grip a container in a first, a second, and a third container cross-section position, respectively, the first swiveling lever having the operating arm that is used for operating the gripper upon actuation by the cam, wherein the first swiveling lever is linked to the second swiveling lever and the first swiveling lever is linked to the third swiveling lever via respective gear wheel segments for swiveling, the container being held in the closed position of the gripper by the respective first, second, and third swiveling levers, gripping the container at the respective first, second, and third container cross-section positions, wherein the first and third swiveling levers intersect each other, wherein the rod is acting on the operating arm via an elongated hole for operation of the gripper, and wherein the rod has an articulated connection to one end of the cam which is rotatable in relation to the rod.