| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the interference of a bottle capturing member at a separating position when conveying bottles which are conveyed by one line into two paths.SOLUTION: Peripheral edges of a star wheel 2A being a conveying means of a first path and a star wheel 2B being a conveying means of a second path contact each other at a bottle separating position Q. A star wheel 4A includes: a first bottle conveying mechanism conveying bottles B with an interval Dby retaining bodies of the bottles B by concave parts 431 and guide members 44b; and a second bottle conveying mechanism conveying the bottles B with the interval 2Dby retaining necks of the bottles B by neck clampers 49. A star wheel 4B includes the second bottle conveying mechanism. At the bottle separating position Q, the star wheel 4B receives only the bottles B conveyed by the first bottle conveying mechanism of the star wheel 4A from the star wheel 4A by the neck clampers 49 to convey them on the second path, and remaining bottles are conveyed to the first path by the star wheel 4A. |
