摘要 |
In a device for stripping empty containers from a plurality of mandrels associated with a mandrel wheel and comprising a mandrel wheel, a plurality of mandrels projecting radially from said wheel, means for rotating said wheel and said mandrels, and radially displaceable means for stripping empty containers from said mandrels, the improvement which comprises supporting means carried by said wheel in association with each mandrel and of such size that upon rotation of said wheel said stripping means contacts the supporting means of the next mandrel before it ceases to contact the supporting means of the immediately preceding mandrel, whereby the stripping means is always positively supported. Advantageously each supporting means is integral with a face of a respective mandrel which is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the mandrel wheel and each stripping means comprises a pair of flat plates resiliently urged against opposite faces of a mandrel and reciprocated therealong radially relative to the axis of rotation of the mandrel wheel. |