DEVICE FOR SORTING BOTTLES FOR DRINKS Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC B65G47/84 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to transportation of bottles, for instance, when sorting them out. Proposed device for sorting bottles 1 for drinks delivered by conveyor 5 in lots and provided with collar 3 in neck part under thread 4 for screw cap has disk 8 set into rotation around vertical axle 9 and enclosed by outer guide 16 on peripheral section starting in end of conveyor. Guide 16 engages with collars in clearance equal to diameter of bottle neck. Disk 8 has friction edge 10 over periphery for friction contact with neck part of bottles 1. Bottles are fed into pockets 19 arranged over perimeter of wheel 17 of machine compartment. Inner guide 16, 26 of device is installed in clearance equal to diameter of neck radially relative to second guide 16 and at its level, so that friction edge 10 is located in vertical clearance over inner guide 16, 26 at level of thread 4 of bottles 1. Support guide 30 is installed in parallel with outer guide 16 over said guide at height of friction edge.

EFFECT: improved reliability of displacement of bottles.

3 cl, 3 dwg