Patent ID: 8251633

Claim:
A device for inverting containers having a neck directed in a first direction in one location of the device then, in a second direction, opposite to the first, in another location of the device, the device comprising: a belt ( 49 ) to which a clamp ( 45 ) for gripping, during inversion, the neck of a container is attached with the aid of a fastener ( 47 ) and at least one pulley ( 33 ) about which the belt is at least partially wound, and in that, in order to carry out the inversion of the container, means ( 79 , 81 , 53 ) are provided for driving the belt about said pulley so as to cause the fastener ( 47 ) of the clamp to pass by two diametrically opposed locations of the pulley, the belt ( 49 ) supported between two pulleys ( 33 , 39 ) and secured to a first carriage ( 53 ) which first carriage is driven in translation by a driving portion ( 79 , 81 ) of the driving means so that the driving of the carriage ( 53 ) by said driving portion causes the driving of the belt ( 49 ), a means for adjusting the inverted position of the clamp ( 45 ), wherein the driving means ( 79 , 81 ) are connected by a first bar ( 55 ) to the first carriage ( 53 ) secured to the belt ( 49 ), the first bar ( 55 ) being secured to a second carriage ( 59 ) which can slide along a guide ( 57 ) and which is connected to the driving means with the aid of another bar ( 61 ), said other bar ( 61 ) supporting a first movable stop ( 63 ) which is facing a second stop ( 65 ).