PIECE ARTICLES STOWING DEVICE Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: materials handling facilities; cans and tins stowing transfer lines. SUBSTANCE: device has rotor with vertical rotating axle, gripping heads, feeders, support device for container, and drive. tracer made in form of vertical cylinder and horizontal cam are rigidly secured on rotor. tracer and cam are mounted coaxially with rotor. Fixed column with guides for pushers providing vertical displacement of gripping heads is installed on rotor axle. Pushers are made in form of hollow cylinder coaxially interconnected by plate. Gripping heads are secured on ends of pushers made in form of rods. Gripping heads are made in form of hollow plates. Vacuum suckers are mounted on lower surface of each plate. EFFECT: increased capacity, reduced impact loads. 5 cl, 6 dwg