A gripper for retaining bottles

摘要

Gripper for retaining bottles, in particular for operating a rotary turntable machine, which comprises: a support body (3) intended to be mounted on the rotary turntable (102) of an machine (100); a first pair (4) of first arms (5) and a second pair (7) of second arms (8) pivoted on the support body (3); a first slider (22) and a second slider (23) slidably mounted on the support body (3), and respectively engaged with the first arms (5) and with the second arms (8) in order to move them between an open position and a closed position in which the arms (5, 8) retain the neck (2 ") of a bottle (2); first actuation means (24) and second actuation means (25) respectively acting on the first slider (22) and on the second slider (23) in order to actuate them to move the corresponding first and second arms (5, 8) between the open position and the closed position.