Patent ID: 7845273

Claim:
Transfer device which is intended to move an object between a support zone and a cap, the object comprising a base and an opening, the cap comprising a bottom which extends in a plane perpendicular to the support zone and a peripheral rim having a shape complementary to the shape of the base of the object, the device comprising: a frame; at least one holding arm which is carried by the frame, the holding arm being able to carry the object to be moved; and drive means which are carried by the frame; wherein the drive means are able to move the holding arm so that the opening of the object is moved firstly along an initial trajectory portion which comprises a component, in a direction perpendicular to the support zone, which is orientated in the opposite direction to the support zone, then along a curve which extends through a point of the trajectory of the base of the object, after the base of the object has passed through that point.