Patent ID: 6692050
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A transporter for receptacles, each of said receptacles comprising a body and a neck having a projecting collar presenting a substantially radial bearing face beside the body, said transporter comprising an upstream rotating platform, a downstream rotating platform tangential to the upstream rotating platform and at least two support members respectively fixed with respect to the upstream rotating platform and with respect to the downstream rotating platform, each support member having a laterally-open notch to receive a receptacle neck portion extending below the collar and an abutment to cooperate with the bearing face of the collar, a jaw being hinged on each support between a closed gripping position and an open position, the platform being synchronized in such a manner that at a tangent point between the platforms a notch of a support member fixed with respect to the upstream rotating platform comes into register with a notch of a support member of the downstream rotating platform in order to transfer a receptacle from the upstream rotating platform to the downstream rotating platform, the jaws being positioned so that in the closed gripping position the jaws mounted on the upstream rotating platform and the downstream rotating platform bear against opposite sides of the neck of the receptacle received in the notches in register.