DISPOSITIF DE TRANSFERT D'ARTICLES ENTRE DES MACHINES A DEPLACEMENT INTERMITTENT ET A DEPLACEMENT CONTINU DES ARTICLES ET INSTALLATION DE CONDITIONNEMENT CORRESPONDANTE

摘要

A device for transferring articles between a first machine implementing intermittent movement of the articles at a first predetermined pitch, and a second machine implementing continuous movement of the articles at a second predetermined pitch, the device comprising a flexible conveyor extending around at least two pulleys so as to have at least one rectilinear segment facing a conveyor of the first machine and a rounded segment facing a conveyor of the second machine, the flexible conveyor of the device carrying laterally-projecting article-handling members arranged at regular intervals in such a manner that the handling members are at a pitch corresponding to the first pitch in said rectilinear segment, and said rounded segment has a radius such that the handling members are at a pitch corresponding to the second pitch in the rounded segment. A container-packaging installation including such a device.