Device for transferring containers comprising a guide wheel with variable geometry
First Claim
1. Container transfer device, of the type in which the containers (12) are transferred on a path in an arc of circle around a central axis (A1) of the transfer device (10), of the type in which the device has at least one support wheel (20) and one guide wheel (24) that are driven in the same rotational movement around the axis (A1) of the device, and of the type in which the guide wheel (24) has, at its periphery, guide slots (28) that are made as radial cavities with respect to an outer envelope circle of the guide wheel (24), and the dimensions of which are adapted to the size of the containers (12) to be transferred, characterized in that the guide wheel (24) has means for varying the size of the guide slots (28) so that they can be adapted to the size of the containers (12) to be transferred.
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Abstract
The invention concerns a device for transferring containers wherein the containers (12) are transferred on an arc-shaped path about a central axis (A1) of the transfer device (10), which device comprises at least a support wheel (20) and a guide wheel (24) driven with the same rotational movement about the axis (A1) of the device, and wherein the guide wheel (24) has at its periphery, cells whereof the dimensions are adapted to the dimension of the containers (12) to be transferred. The invention is characterised in that the guide wheel (24) comprises means for varying the dimension of the cells so as to adapt them to the dimensions of the containers (12) to be transferred.
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1. Container transfer device, of the type in which the containers (12) are transferred on a path in an arc of circle around a central axis (A1) of the transfer device (10), of the type in which the device has at least one support wheel (20) and one guide wheel (24) that are driven in the same rotational movement around the axis (A1) of the device, and of the type in which the guide wheel (24) has, at its periphery, guide slots (28) that are made as radial cavities with respect to an outer envelope circle of the guide wheel (24), and the dimensions of which are adapted to the size of the containers (12) to be transferred,
characterized in that the guide wheel (24) has means for varying the size of the guide slots (28) so that they can be adapted to the size of the containers (12) to be transferred.
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