Apparatus for conveying bottles
AssigneeHolstein & Kappert GmbH
InventorKlaus Jendrichowski
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Abstract
In moving bottles to and from a cleaning machine, the bottles are transported over a stationary support surface by drivers formed on a plurality of juxtaposed rotating discs. Each disc has a pair of angularly spaced drivers and rotates about a common axle. During rotation of the disc, the axle moves transverse to its axial direction back and forth along a substantially straight path. For each complete back and forth movement of the axle, the disc rotates through one-half of a revolution so that one driver of each pair transports one or more bottles from a first station to a second station while the other driver of each pair returns from the second station to the first station.
Claims4
Apparatus for conveying bottles and like containers to or for removing the bottles from a cleaning machine, including a stationary supporting surface extending between a first station and a second station, a transfer device for moving bottles over said supporting surface between the first station and the second station, said transfer device comprising an axle, and a plurality of juxtaposed discs rotatably mounted on said axle, each said disc having a pair of drivers space angularly apart around the circumferential periphery of said disc, wherein the improvement comprises means for moving said axle of said discs back and forth along a substantially straight path in the direction between the first station and the second station which direction is transverse to the axial direction of said axle, and said drivers each traversing one-half of a revolution of said disc for each back and forth movement of said axle.
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