Patent ID: 8714343

Claim:
A container-handling machine comprising: a carousel rotatable about an axis and supporting a plurality of holding elements adapted to cooperate with respective containers; a slip-ring comprising a first rotor rotatable integral with said carousel about said axis, and a first stator configured to exchange, in use, at least one of a group including a power signal and control signal with said first rotor; said first stator being fixed with respect to said carousel; wherein said slip-ring extends along said axis; and comprising a first axial end portion arranged on the opposite side of said carousel, and a second axial end portion arranged on the side opposite to said carousel and defining said cavity, and an encoder housed within a cavity defined between said first stator and said first rotor, adapted to detect at least the angular position of said carousel with respect to said axis, wherein said first rotor is coaxially housed within said first stator, and in that said first stator comprises two shoulders axially spaced with respect to one another; said cavity being axially bounded between said shoulders and being radially bounded by said first rotor and said first stator, and comprising a second rotor rotatable integrally with said first rotor and a second stator connected to said first stator.