Transfer device including a rotating mechanism for rotating a container
AssigneeDai Nippon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasaru Hoshino, Tsutoo Yamada
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a rotating mechanism for rotating a container including a pair of freely rotatable rollers (351, 351) and one driving roller (349) which holds a flanged portion of a mouth portion of a container at three portions, a pair of roller support rods (352, 352) which support at one ends the rotatable rollers (351, 351) and which can be bilaterally freely opened and closed for embracing the flanged portion of the mouth portion, a mechanism (363, 366, 367) for bilaterally opening and closing the paired roller support rods (352, 352), and a mechanism (353, 356, 357, 358) for driving the driving roller (349).
Claims3
A rotating mechanism for rotating a container arranged in a vertical direction comprising:
- a pair of freely rotatable rollers and one driving roller which hold a flanged portion of a mouth portion of a container at three portions;
- a pair of roller support rods which support at one end the rotatable rollers and which can be bilaterally freely opened and closed for embracing the flanged portion of the mouth portion of the container at three portions;
- a mechanism for bilaterally opening and closing the pair of roller support rods;
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- a mechanism for driving the driving roller,
- wherein the pair of freely rotatable rollers and the driving roller are provided with neck-in portions that hold the flanged portion of the mouth portion of the container at three portions so as to rotatably position the container in the vertical direction, and
- wherein each roller support rod is secured to a spring for forcing the roller support rod to close.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.