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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 1990
Filed:
May. 12, 1988
Daniel L Mollenkamp, Amsterdam, NL;
Stork Amsterdam B.V., , NL;
Abstract
Device for supplying groups of filled and closed containers to a downstream treatment device comprises a supply track, a distribution member for aranging the containers at a distance from each other, a tilting device, a downstream transport track and a finger track extending along at least a section of the transport track for moving a certain number of containers present on the transport track to the treatment device. The tilting device comprises a positively driven FERRIS.sub.R wheel, or a positive-driven tilting wheel device. The transport track, the finger track and the FERRIS.sub.R wheel, or a positive-driven tilting wheel device are each coupled, via their own transmission, to a common drive. The transmission ratio of the transmissions between the common drive and the transport track, the finger track and the FERRIS.sub.R wheel, or a positive-driven tilting wheel device, respectively, is such that the speed of the finger track during operation is higher by a certain factor than the speed of the transport track and the containers arrive on the transport track with a predetermined spacing. With the device of the invention an optimal filling of the treatment device is achieved.