Apparatus for transporting containers to and from a working station
US4073372A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 22, 1976 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 22, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B43/50
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus for transporting containers to and from a working station comprises at least one intermittently rotatable transporting disc provided with a plurality of circumferentially spaced cutouts, which preferably extend in radial direction from the periphery of the transporting disc into the latter, and having each a length to receive two containers, while providing a clearance space for moving the containers in radial direction away from each other. The apparatus includes further means for feeding the containers into the cutouts, means, spaced in circumferential direction of the transporting disc from the feeding means, to discharge the containers from the cutouts, a working station between the feeding and the discharging means, and guide means for moving the containers in each cutout, during their movement from the feeding means to the working station, to space the containers at a predetermined distance from each other necessary for an operation to be performed thereon at the working station.
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