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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2000
Toshiaki Naka, Ishikawa-ken, JP;
Yukinobu Nishino, Ishikawa-ken, JP;
Tatsuhiro Nakada, Ishikawa-ken, JP;
Shibuya Kogyo Co., Ltd., Kanazawa, JP;
Abstract
A resin bottle,has an opening at its top end in which a thread,is formed, and also has a neck including a cylindrical portion,and a flange,which are disposed below the opening. An intermediate wheel,is disposed between a filler,which fills the resin bottle,and a capper,which caps the filled bottle,. The intermediate wheel,is provided with a plurality of circumferentially spaced grippers,each gripping the cylindrical portion,of the resin bottle,, and rotatively conveys the bottle while it is suspended by gripping the neck of the resin bottle. A support,is disposed above each gripper,for abutment against the opening of the resin bottle,, whereby in the event the bottom of the bottle,is swung radially outward, the opening which is located above the cylindrical portion,that is gripped by the gripper,is urged by the support,from the radial inside, thus allowing the bottle to be maintained in its upright position.