| 摘要 |
<p>An apparatus is described for removing drinking straws from empty bottles having drinking straws projecting from their mouths, said apparatus comprising a pair of endless straw gripping belts adapted to move in substantially parallel relationship to each other adjacent to the path of said bottles maintained thereunder while the bottles are travelling on a moving bottle conveyor, and a plurality of pulleys for guiding portions of said straw gripping belts from a spaced relation to each other to a side by side substantially abutting relationship whereby the drinking straws are gripped and removed form the bottles and transported to another location, in which location the drinking straws are automatically removed from the gripping belts. !</p> |
