Patent ID: 8651265

Claim:
A conveyor, comprising: a tray equipped with a closed-loop track along which vials are driven continuously in vial supports arranged freely in contact with one another so as to form a continuous stream along the track, each support having a horizontal plate to which are connected a plurality of vertical blades, forming a ring, which are capable of moving away elastically relative to the axis of rotation of the plate, wherein inner faces of the blades are configured to hold a vial by gripping a periphery of the vial, wherein the inner faces and outer faces of the blades are flat where the inner and outer faces join with the plate, and wherein the inner faces of the blades each have a retaining lug for the vials, said lug being followed by an outwardly inclined bevel, all of the bevels of the blades taken together forming a funnel which guides the insertion of the vials and facilitates an expansion of the blades.