Star conveyor for containers
AssigneeP.E. Labellers S.P.A.
InventorsNicola SCHINELLI, Bruno NEGRI
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AssigneeP.E. Labellers S.P.A.
InventorsNicola SCHINELLI, Bruno NEGRI
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A star conveyor for containers which includes at least one supporting body which can move rotatably about a rotation axis, and supports peripherally a plurality of gripping devices, which are distributed around its rotation axis and are each adapted to retain a respective container to be conveyed; each one of the gripping devices includes at least one respective pair of gripping arms; at least one gripping arm of such pair of gripping arms includes a main body and at least one adapter element which is detachably attached to the main body and is interchangeable with at least one other adapter element of a different type, in order to vary the configuration of the at least one gripping arm according to the type of container to be conveyed.
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A star conveyor for containers which comprises at least one supporting body which can move rotatably about a rotation axis and supports peripherally a plurality of gripping devices, which are distributed around said rotation axis and are each adapted to retain a respective container to be conveyed, each one of said gripping devices comprising at least one respective pair of gripping arms which face each other and can move, with respect to each other, between a condition of clamping and a condition of releasing the corresponding container, wherein at least one gripping arm of said at least one pair of gripping arms comprises a main body and at least one adapter element which is detachably attached to said main body and is interchangeable with at least one other adapter element of a different type, in order to vary the configuration of said at least one gripping arm according to the type of container to be conveyed.
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