Patent ID: 9187262
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: B65G,B67C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising a transfer star-wheel configured for passing containers from a first container-treatment device to a second container-treatment device, said transfer star-wheel comprising a takeover point, a handover point, transmission elements, a transport path, an inner guide rail, an outer guide rail, and a first linear transport section, wherein said star-wheel rotates about a vertical axis, wherein, at said takeover point, said transfer star-wheel takes containers from said first container-treatment device, wherein said transfer star-wheel transfers said containers taken from said first container-treatment device to said handover point, wherein, at said handover point, said transfer star-wheel passes containers to said second container-treatment device, wherein said transport path comprises said inner guide-rail, said outer guide-rail, and said first linear transport path section, wherein containers are guided and transported in a suspended and sliding manner between said inner guide-rail and said outer guide-rail, wherein said first linear transport path section is provided at said takeover point, wherein each of said transmission elements is associated with a corresponding container, wherein each of said containers is radially displaceable relative to a transmission element to which said container corresponds as said container is being transported on said transport path wherein said first linear transport path section comprises at least one of a first straight path section and a path section having a radius of curvature that is greater than an outer radius of said transfer star-wheel.