Patent ID: 7784245

Claim:
A device for capping containers including a capping head carried by a support member having the shape of a bracket including a vertical part going through a cover and connected to a handling member positioned under the cover, the capping head being connected to a horizontal branch of the bracket to be movable along a vertical motion between a high position and a low position above and at right angle with a container support extending above the cover, the capping head being connected to means for the implementation thereof, the support member being hollow and the means for implementing the capping heads being enclosed in the part of the support member which extends above the cover, wherein the vertical part of the support member includes a support tube mounted to slide with respect to a guiding member on an interface zone, wherein the support tube and the guiding member are in a variable overlapping position and in that the interface zone extends at a level lower than the lower end of the capping head in the low position of the capping head, and wherein the capping head is provided with means for gripping a cap driven in rotation by a rotation driving mechanism extending inside the support member and connected to a driving motor positioned under the cover.