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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2010
Koji Kaya, Ishikawa-Ken, JP;
Katsunori Tanikawa, Ishikawa-Ken, JP;
Koji Kaya, Ishikawa-Ken, JP;
Katsunori Tanikawa, Ishikawa-Ken, JP;
Shibuya Kogyo Co., Ltd., Kanazawa-shi, JP;
Abstract
An article carrier includes a first supply wheel adjacent to a receiving wheel and a second supply wheel provided on the upstream side in the rotating direction of the receiving wheel from the first supply wheel. A switching device for switching a gripper of the first supply wheel between a use state so as to transfer a plastic bottle to a gripper of the receiving wheel and a retracted state so as not to interfere with the plastic bottle held by the gripper of the receiving wheel is also provided. When a first carrier path is used, the switching device brings the gripper of the first supply wheel into the use state, and when a second carrier path is used, the switching device brings the gripper of the first supply wheel into the retracted state.