Patent ID: 8474601

Claim:
Device for transferring containers from a feed rail to a rotary star wheel, said device comprising: a transfer wheel provided, on its periphery, with a plurality of recesses for engaging containers under their neck, said transfer wheel defining a transfer path for the containers extending from a loading point at an end of the feed rail to an unloading point at the periphery of the rotary star wheel, and a guiding member having a flat lower surface extending at least partly above said transfer path at a distance from the transfer wheel substantially equal to a height of the container neck, with a clearance, wherein said guiding member extends all along the transfer path, so that a first end portion of said guiding member is located vertically above the end of the feed rail and a second end portion of said guiding member is located vertically above the periphery of the star wheel and another portion of said guiding member is located vertically above the transfer wheel.