Apparatus for conveying vulnerable articles in the article holders

An apparatus comprising a conveyor having article holders for conveying vulnerable articles, such as for instance fruits, in the article holders along a path of travel, wherein the article holders are grippers adapted to assume two stable positions, i.e. a gripping position wherein the articles are grippingly receivable in the gripper, and a release position wherein articles received in the gripper are released in a downward direction, the grippers being designed so that in the gripping position articles of different dimensions are receivable therein;

• wherein there are two gripper blades pivoted to a body extending in a principal direction and a control bar for displacement in the principal direction, said control bar being connected via a toggle system with ends of the gripper blades that are remote from gripper blade outer ends, the position of the gripper blades being controllable by the control bar via the toggle system, the body being connected via a connecting assembly with the conveyor, and the control bar comprising a guideway follower arranged for cooperation with a stationary first guideway for controlling the position of the gripper, depending on the position of the gripper along the path of travel.