| 摘要 |
A preform (10) is consecutively supplied to a preform handling device (110) in line along a chute (20). The preform has a flange (13) that protrudes outward at a position away from an open end face (11A) of a neck (11), and is supplied in an inverted state in which the open end face faces downward. The preform handling device includes a star wheel (110) that is configured so that the preform is supplied to each of a plurality of depressions (112) that are formed in an outer circumferential part of a wheel that is rotated, and pushes part of the preform that is situated above the flange to rotationally transfer the preform from an upstream region (USR) to a downstream region (DSR), an end face guide member (115) that is provided in the upstream region so as to be situated under the preform that is transferred along a transfer path, the end face guide member supporting and guiding the open end face of the preform that is pushed by the star wheel, and a pair of flange guide members (116A, 116B) that are provided in the downstream region on either side of the transfer path along which the preform is transferred, the pair of flange guide members supporting and guiding a lower side of the flange of the preform that is pushed by the star wheel. |
