APPARATUS FOR THE TRANSFER AND TRANSPORT OF ITEMS SUCH AS CANS

摘要

APPARATUS FOR THE TRANSFER AND TRANS PORT OF ITEMS SUCH AS CANS Apparatus for the transfer and transport of items such as cans are disclosed. The apparatus serves for the transfer of cans from a peg wheel on which they are provided with an exterior surface finish, the transfer being accomplished by means of a jet, onto a mounting surface of a conveyor means on which they are retained by magnetic attraction or by vacuum. The mounting surface extends in parallel and tangentially with respect to the path of the cans on the peg wheel. The apparatus is particularly useful in the transfer of cans at a feed rate in the order of 600 to 1,000 cans per minute for delivery to a drying oven.