Patent ID: 7775381

Claim:
A support device for a bottle processing machine, the device including: a substantially elongated body with connecting means for connecting the device to means for moving the support device on said machine; gripping means provided at an upper lateral portion of said body for receiving removably at least a portion of a bottle, due to a prefixed push exerted by the gripping means on said bottle and to a consequent elastic deformation of the gripping means, wherein said gripping means include at least a pair of opposite wings, symmetrical with respect to a longitudinal plane of the body and extending sidewise with respect to the body, and, wherein a central part of said body has a protrusion, extending from a same side as said pair of wings and having a tapered end, so as to define a projection having an upper surface for receiving in abutment a lower part of said bottle to limit sliding of the bottle, a recess included between said protrusion and lower surfaces of said pair of the wings, first disengaging means connected to a fixed support, entering said recess for contacting a portion of said bottle, so as to disengage the bottle from said pair of wings, in cooperation with second disengaging means, connected to said fixed support and getting in contact with a portion of the bottle protruding from upper surfaces of said pair of wings.