WO2008129347A1 - Starwheel conveying device including a wheel vertical adjustment device - Google Patents

Starwheel conveying device including a wheel vertical adjustment device Download PDF

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WO2008129347A1
WO2008129347A1 PCT/IB2007/002298 IB2007002298W WO2008129347A1 WO 2008129347 A1 WO2008129347 A1 WO 2008129347A1 IB 2007002298 W IB2007002298 W IB 2007002298W WO 2008129347 A1 WO2008129347 A1 WO 2008129347A1
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Priority to PCT/IB2007/002298 priority patent/WO2008129347A1/en
Priority to DE602007011827T priority patent/DE602007011827D1/en
Priority to MX2009011301A priority patent/MX2009011301A/en
Priority to AT07789619T priority patent/ATE494247T1/en
Priority to US12/596,614 priority patent/US8104603B2/en
Priority to ES07789619T priority patent/ES2358950T3/en
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/74—Feeding, transfer, or discharging devices of particular kinds or types
    • B65G47/84—Star-shaped wheels or devices having endless travelling belts or chains, the wheels or devices being equipped with article-engaging elements
    • B65G47/846—Star-shaped wheels or wheels equipped with article-engaging elements
    • B65G47/847—Star-shaped wheels or wheels equipped with article-engaging elements the article-engaging elements being grippers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G2201/00—Indexing codes relating to handling devices, e.g. conveyors, characterised by the type of product or load being conveyed or handled
    • B65G2201/02—Articles
    • B65G2201/0235—Containers
    • B65G2201/0244—Bottles

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  • Starwheel conveying device including a wheel vertical adjustment device
  • the invention relates to the article conveying industry, and more specifically to the container manufacturing/filling industry.
  • containers are often transferred at high speed rates from a first station, where a first operation (such as molding) is performed, to a second station, where a second operation (such as filling) is performed.
  • a first operation such as molding
  • a second operation such as filling
  • a container handling machine is generally provided with a plurality of adjacent conveying devices including at least one rotary starwheel conveying device provided with a plurality of container gripping elements for loading/unloading containers, see e.g. U.S. Pat. No. 5,683,732 (Valles) and U.S. Pat. No.6, 520, 349 (Humel ⁇ ).
  • the proposed article conveying device comprises: - a star wheel having a plurality of gripping devices mounted on the circumference thereof, a rotary drive shaft, a hub coupling the wheel to the drive shaft, adjustable fastening devices for coupling the star wheel to the hub, each fastening device comprising:
  • drift bolt including:
  • a body having a threaded portion screwed into a hole provided in the hub, said body protruding from an upper face of the hub, - a head protruding from a lower face of the hub, a central bore, a washer interposed between the head of the drift bolt and the lower face of the hub, said washer having a predetermined thickness, whereby the starwheel rests on an upper face of the drift bolt with a predetermined clearance with respect of the hub,
  • FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a starwheel conveying device according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view of a starwheel conveying device according to the invention.
  • FIG. 3 is an elevation cut view of the starwheel conveying device of FIG.1.
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged cut view of the starwheel conveying device of FIG.3, showing detail IV.
  • FIG. 5 is a bottom cut view of the starwheel conveying device of FIG.3, taken along line V-V.
  • an article conveying device 1 for transferring containers, such as bottles for liquid beverages, from a loading point P1 to an unloading point P2.
  • the conveying device 1 may be part of a container handling machine including other operational devices such as a molding unit, a filling unit and a capping unit.
  • the conveying device 1 may be interposed between two successive operational devices in order to ensure transfer of the containers from one operational unit to the other.
  • the conveying device 1 comprises a star wheel 2 provided on its circumference with a plurality of gripping devices 3 each including a pair of fingers 4 pivotally mounted along the circular edge of the wheel 2. For the sake of clarity, only some of the gripping devices 3 are represented on FIG.1 and FIG.2.
  • Each gripping device 3 includes a cam follower 5 fixed to one finger 4 and adapted, when reaching the loading point P1 or the unloading point P2, to run on a cam path 6 provided between the radial ends of supporting arms 7, thereby opening the fingers 4 and allowing one container to be held by the gripping device 3.
  • the conveying device 1 also comprises a vertical central rotary drive shaft 8, which is pivotally mounted in a coaxial cylinder 9 fixed to a machine frame, and a hub 10 coupling the wheel 2 to the drive shaft 8.
  • the drive shaft 8 therefore forms the central rotation axis of the star wheel 2.
  • the hub 10 has a cylindrical body 11 which is rigidly fixed to the drive shaft 8 e.g. by means of a welding, and a circular peripheral flange 12 having a thickness T1 and radially protruding from or rigidly fixed to the body 11 at an upper end thereof.
  • the wheel 2 has a central lower plate 13 fixed to the hub 10, and an upper plate 14 fixed to the lower plate 13 by means of a plurality of studs 15 screwed to the upper plate 14 and fitted into arc of circle shaped elongated openings 16 provided in the periphery of the lower plate 13.
  • a nut 17 is screwed to fasten the upper plate 14 to the lower plate 13 in a predetermined angular position with respect of the central rotation axis of the star wheel 2.
  • Angular adjustment serves to precisely synchronize the opening and closing of the gripping devices 3 at the loading and unloading points P1 , P2.
  • the lower plate 13 is provided with a central circular recess 18 where the peripheral flange 12 of the hub 10 is received. Diameters of the recess 18 and the peripheral flange 12 are substantially equal (with a clearance), in order for the hub 10 and wheel 2 to remain coaxial.
  • the conveying device 1 is provided with at least one dowel 19 fitted into two facing holes 20, 21 provided respectively in the hub 10 and the lower plate 13 of the wheel 2 for preventing angular displacement of the wheel 2 with respect of the hub 10.
  • the conveying device 1 further comprises adjustable fastening devices 20 for coupling the star wheel 2 to the hub 10 with vertical adjustment.
  • Each fastening device comprises 20 a drift bolt 21 having an overall length L and including a body 24 having an upper threaded portion 25 screwed into a threaded hole 26 provided in the flange 12 of the hub 10. As depicted on FIG.4, when completely screwed to the flange 12, the body 24 protrudes at 27 from an upper face 28 of the hub 10.
  • the body 24 has a non-threaded lower portion 29 greater in diameter than the threaded portion 25 and received in a corresponding bore 30 formed in the flange 12 near a lower face 31 thereof.
  • the non-threaded lower portion 29 forms a shoulder 32 which may, when the drift bolt 21 is completely screwed to the flange 12, come to abutment against a stop surface 33 formed at the junction between the threaded hole 26 and the bore 30.
  • Non-threaded portion 29 of the body 24 protrudes from the lower face 31 of the flange 12, even when the drift bolt 21 is completely screwed thereto.
  • the drift bolt 21 further includes a nut-shaped head 34 having a thickness T2 and protruding radially from the non-threaded portion 29 of body 24 at a lower end thereof. Head 34 protrudes from the lower face 31 of the flange 12.
  • the drift bolt 21 is provided with a central through bore
  • Each fastening device 20 also comprises a washer 36 of predetermined thickness T3, interposed between the head 34 of the drift bolt 21 and the lower face 31 of the flange 12.
  • Each fastening device 20 further comprises a bolt 37 mounted in the through bore 35.
  • the bolt 37 has a threaded portion 38 which protrudes from the drift bolt 21 at an upper end thereof and is screwed into a hole 39 provided in the lower plate 13 of the wheel 2.
  • the star wheel 2 When assembled, the star wheel 2 rests, via its lower plate 13, on an upper end face 40 of the drift bolt 21 with a predetermined clearance C between a lower face 41 of the lower plate 13 forming the bottom of the recess 18, and the upper face 28 of the flange 12.
  • clearance C calculates as follows:
  • the value of clearance C depends on the value of thickness T3.
  • vertical position of the star wheel 2 depends upon the choice of the washer 36.
  • clearance C calculates as the difference between height H1 of the wheel 2 (to be set), measured to the lower face 41 of the lower plate 13, and height H2 (fixed) of the hub 10, measured to the upper face 28 thereof:
  • the vertical height H1 of the wheel 2 is precisely determined in function of the height of the loading and unloading points P1 and P2. Clearance C is then calculated according to equation (2).
  • Thickness T3 of the washer 36 is then calculated through equation (1 ) as follows:
  • T3 L - T1 - T2 - C
  • a washer 36 having a thickness equal to T3 is then be picked up among an assortment of washers and joined to the drift bolt 21 to be mounted on the hub 10.
  • Each washer 36 is mounted on the non-threaded portion 29 of a drift bolt 21.
  • the drift bolts 21 are screwed into the flange 12 from its lower face
  • the head 34 is nut-shaped to permit wrench driving.
  • the protruding portions 27 of the drift bolts 21 have a length equal to the clearance C.
  • Modifying vertical position of the star wheel 2 is conducted as follows. Clearance C and thickness T3 of the washers 36 are re-calculated as stated hereabove.
  • the bolts 37 are unscrewed from the wheel 2 and removed from the drift bolts 23. Without removing the star wheel 2, the drift bolts 23 are unscrewed from the flange 12 of the hub 10 and removed therefrom.
  • the former washers 36 are replaced by the new ones picked up from the assortment and the drift-bolts 23 are screwed back into the hub 10. As soon as they reach the end of the threaded holes 26, the upper end faces
  • washers 36 of different thicknesses on the same hub 10 in order to slightly shift the wheel 2 with respect of the rotation axis, for example to compensate a lack of verticality thereof or to compensate a lack of horizontal alignment of the loading and unloading points P1 , P2.

Abstract

An article conveying device (1 ) comprising: a star wheel (1 ) (2) having a plurality of gripping devices (3) mounted on the circumference thereof, a rotary drive shaft (2) (8), a hub (3) (10) coupling the wheel (2) to the drive shaft (8), said conveying device (1 ) being characterized in that it comprises adjustable fastening devices (4) (22) for coupling the star wheel (2) to the hub (10), each fastening device (22) comprising: a drift bolt (5) (23) including: - a body (6) (24) having a threaded portion (25) screwed into a hole (26) provided in the hub (10), said body (24) protruding from an upper face (7) (28) of the hub (10), - a head (8) (34) protruding from a lower face (9) (31 ) of the hub (10), - a central bore (10) (30), a washer (11 ) (36) interposed between the head (34) of the drift bolt (23) and the lower face (31 ) of the hub (10), said washer (36) having a predetermined thickness (T3), whereby the starwheel (2) rests on an upper face (12) (40) of the drift bolt (23) with a predetermined clearance (C) with respect of the hub (10), a bolt (13) (37) mounted in the bore (30), said bolt (37) having a threaded portion (14) (38) protruding from the drift bolt (23) and screwed into a hole (39) provided in the wheel (2), thereby fastening the wheel (2) to the hub (10).

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Starwheel conveying device including a wheel vertical adjustment device
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to the article conveying industry, and more specifically to the container manufacturing/filling industry.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In the container manufacturing/filling industry, containers are often transferred at high speed rates from a first station, where a first operation (such as molding) is performed, to a second station, where a second operation (such as filling) is performed.
A container handling machine is generally provided with a plurality of adjacent conveying devices including at least one rotary starwheel conveying device provided with a plurality of container gripping elements for loading/unloading containers, see e.g. U.S. Pat. No. 5,683,732 (Valles) and U.S. Pat. No.6, 520, 349 (Humelβ).
Considering the high speed rates (up to several tens of thousands of containers per hour), it is critical that the adjacent conveying devices be properly and precisely positioned with respect to each other. Otherwise, containers may be improperly loaded on the conveying devices, resulting in container-jamming and machine stop. Vertical positioning is one of the most criticaUssue. In existing handling machine, conveying devices are generally adjusted in vertical position by moving the entire device with respect of a machine foundation. Considering the weight of one single conveying device (up to a ton), such a solution is time and effort consuming. Moreover, adjustment is not precise enough for the required purpose. In an alternate solution, vertical positioning may be achieved through peelable shims which can be added - or removed - between the wheel and a supporting hub. Such a solution unquestionably allows for precise vertical adjustment. However, since the wheel needs to be removed from its hub, it is also time and effort consuming. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is therefore an object of the invention to provide an article conveying device, the vertical position of which can be easily adjusted. It is another object of the invention to provide an article conveying device, the vertical position of which can be rapidly adjusted.
It is another object of the invention to provide an article conveying device, the vertical position of which can be precisely adjusted.
The proposed article conveying device comprises: - a star wheel having a plurality of gripping devices mounted on the circumference thereof, a rotary drive shaft, a hub coupling the wheel to the drive shaft, adjustable fastening devices for coupling the star wheel to the hub, each fastening device comprising:
- a drift bolt including:
- a body having a threaded portion screwed into a hole provided in the hub, said body protruding from an upper face of the hub, - a head protruding from a lower face of the hub, a central bore, a washer interposed between the head of the drift bolt and the lower face of the hub, said washer having a predetermined thickness, whereby the starwheel rests on an upper face of the drift bolt with a predetermined clearance with respect of the hub,
- a bolt mounted in the bore, said bolt having a threaded portion protruding from the drift bolt and screwed into a hole provided in the wheel, thereby fastening the wheel to the hub.
The above and other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the detailed description of preferred embodiments, considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a starwheel conveying device according to the invention.
FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view of a starwheel conveying device according to the invention.
FIG. 3 is an elevation cut view of the starwheel conveying device of FIG.1.
FIG. 4 is an enlarged cut view of the starwheel conveying device of FIG.3, showing detail IV.
FIG. 5 is a bottom cut view of the starwheel conveying device of FIG.3, taken along line V-V.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Referring now to the figures, there is shown an article conveying device 1 for transferring containers, such as bottles for liquid beverages, from a loading point P1 to an unloading point P2. The conveying device 1 may be part of a container handling machine including other operational devices such as a molding unit, a filling unit and a capping unit. The conveying device 1 may be interposed between two successive operational devices in order to ensure transfer of the containers from one operational unit to the other.
The conveying device 1 comprises a star wheel 2 provided on its circumference with a plurality of gripping devices 3 each including a pair of fingers 4 pivotally mounted along the circular edge of the wheel 2. For the sake of clarity, only some of the gripping devices 3 are represented on FIG.1 and FIG.2. Each gripping device 3 includes a cam follower 5 fixed to one finger 4 and adapted, when reaching the loading point P1 or the unloading point P2, to run on a cam path 6 provided between the radial ends of supporting arms 7, thereby opening the fingers 4 and allowing one container to be held by the gripping device 3. The conveying device 1 also comprises a vertical central rotary drive shaft 8, which is pivotally mounted in a coaxial cylinder 9 fixed to a machine frame, and a hub 10 coupling the wheel 2 to the drive shaft 8. The drive shaft 8 therefore forms the central rotation axis of the star wheel 2.
The hub 10 has a cylindrical body 11 which is rigidly fixed to the drive shaft 8 e.g. by means of a welding, and a circular peripheral flange 12 having a thickness T1 and radially protruding from or rigidly fixed to the body 11 at an upper end thereof.
As depicted on FIG.3 and FIG.4, the wheel 2 has a central lower plate 13 fixed to the hub 10, and an upper plate 14 fixed to the lower plate 13 by means of a plurality of studs 15 screwed to the upper plate 14 and fitted into arc of circle shaped elongated openings 16 provided in the periphery of the lower plate 13. To each stud 15 a nut 17 is screwed to fasten the upper plate 14 to the lower plate 13 in a predetermined angular position with respect of the central rotation axis of the star wheel 2. Angular adjustment serves to precisely synchronize the opening and closing of the gripping devices 3 at the loading and unloading points P1 , P2.
As depicted on FIG.4, the lower plate 13 is provided with a central circular recess 18 where the peripheral flange 12 of the hub 10 is received. Diameters of the recess 18 and the peripheral flange 12 are substantially equal (with a clearance), in order for the hub 10 and wheel 2 to remain coaxial.
As depicted on FIG.4, the conveying device 1 is provided with at least one dowel 19 fitted into two facing holes 20, 21 provided respectively in the hub 10 and the lower plate 13 of the wheel 2 for preventing angular displacement of the wheel 2 with respect of the hub 10.
The conveying device 1 further comprises adjustable fastening devices 20 for coupling the star wheel 2 to the hub 10 with vertical adjustment. Each fastening device comprises 20 a drift bolt 21 having an overall length L and including a body 24 having an upper threaded portion 25 screwed into a threaded hole 26 provided in the flange 12 of the hub 10. As depicted on FIG.4, when completely screwed to the flange 12, the body 24 protrudes at 27 from an upper face 28 of the hub 10. The body 24 has a non-threaded lower portion 29 greater in diameter than the threaded portion 25 and received in a corresponding bore 30 formed in the flange 12 near a lower face 31 thereof. At the junction with the threaded portion 25, the non-threaded lower portion 29 forms a shoulder 32 which may, when the drift bolt 21 is completely screwed to the flange 12, come to abutment against a stop surface 33 formed at the junction between the threaded hole 26 and the bore 30. Non-threaded portion 29 of the body 24 protrudes from the lower face 31 of the flange 12, even when the drift bolt 21 is completely screwed thereto.
The drift bolt 21 further includes a nut-shaped head 34 having a thickness T2 and protruding radially from the non-threaded portion 29 of body 24 at a lower end thereof. Head 34 protrudes from the lower face 31 of the flange 12. The drift bolt 21 is provided with a central through bore
35.
Each fastening device 20 also comprises a washer 36 of predetermined thickness T3, interposed between the head 34 of the drift bolt 21 and the lower face 31 of the flange 12.
Each fastening device 20 further comprises a bolt 37 mounted in the through bore 35. The bolt 37 has a threaded portion 38 which protrudes from the drift bolt 21 at an upper end thereof and is screwed into a hole 39 provided in the lower plate 13 of the wheel 2.
When assembled, the star wheel 2 rests, via its lower plate 13, on an upper end face 40 of the drift bolt 21 with a predetermined clearance C between a lower face 41 of the lower plate 13 forming the bottom of the recess 18, and the upper face 28 of the flange 12. As washer 41 is tightened between the head 34 of the drift bolt 21 and the lower face 31 of the flange 12, clearance C calculates as follows:
C = L - T1 - T2 - T3 (1 )
As length L and thicknesses T1 , T2 are fixed, the value of clearance C depends on the value of thickness T3. In other words, vertical position of the star wheel 2 depends upon the choice of the washer 36.
On the other hand, clearance C calculates as the difference between height H1 of the wheel 2 (to be set), measured to the lower face 41 of the lower plate 13, and height H2 (fixed) of the hub 10, measured to the upper face 28 thereof:
C = H1 - H2 (2) The wheel 2 and hub 10 are assembled as follows.
First of all, the vertical height H1 of the wheel 2 is precisely determined in function of the height of the loading and unloading points P1 and P2. Clearance C is then calculated according to equation (2).
Thickness T3 of the washer 36 is then calculated through equation (1 ) as follows:
T3 = L - T1 - T2 - C
A washer 36 having a thickness equal to T3 is then be picked up among an assortment of washers and joined to the drift bolt 21 to be mounted on the hub 10.
"Equal to" does not necessary means strictly identical. Of course, a certain clearance around thickness T3 may be tolerated, e.g. 1 /1 0 mm, depending on the precision with which the wheel 2 is to be positioned vertically on the hub 10.
Each washer 36 is mounted on the non-threaded portion 29 of a drift bolt 21. The drift bolts 21 are screwed into the flange 12 from its lower face
31 until the washers 36 are tightened between the heads 34 of the drift bolts 21 and the lower face 31 of the flange 12. In order to facilitate the screwing of each drift bolt 21 , the head 34 is nut-shaped to permit wrench driving. At this point, the protruding portions 27 of the drift bolts 21 have a length equal to the clearance C. The wheel 2 is then mounted onto the hub 10 with the flange 12 positioned in the recess 18 and the dowel 19 fitted into the two facing holes 20, 21 , until the wheel 2 rests on the upper end faces 40 of the drift bolts 23. The bolts 37 are then inserted in the bores 30 of the drift bolts 23 and screwed to the lower plate 13, thereby fastening the wheel 2 to the hub
10.
Modifying vertical position of the star wheel 2 is conducted as follows. Clearance C and thickness T3 of the washers 36 are re-calculated as stated hereabove.
The bolts 37 are unscrewed from the wheel 2 and removed from the drift bolts 23. Without removing the star wheel 2, the drift bolts 23 are unscrewed from the flange 12 of the hub 10 and removed therefrom. The former washers 36 are replaced by the new ones picked up from the assortment and the drift-bolts 23 are screwed back into the hub 10. As soon as they reach the end of the threaded holes 26, the upper end faces
40 of the drift bolts 23 push the lower face 41 of the lower plate 13 and therefore elevate the star wheel 2 until the washers 36 are tightened between the heads 34 and the lower face 31 of the flange 12. The bolts
37 are then inserted back in the drift bolts 23 and screwed again to the lower plate 13.
Adjusting the vertical position of the wheel 2 with respect of the hub
10 is therefore quick, easy and simple. It is not necessary to remove the wheel 2. In addition, provided that proper washers 36 are affordable (they should be manufactured in consequence), vertical positioning of the wheel
2 is also precise.
Furthermore, it is possible to mount washers 36 of different thicknesses on the same hub 10 in order to slightly shift the wheel 2 with respect of the rotation axis, for example to compensate a lack of verticality thereof or to compensate a lack of horizontal alignment of the loading and unloading points P1 , P2.

Claims

1. An article conveying device (1 ) comprising: a star wheel (2) having a plurality of gripping devices (3) mounted on the circumference thereof, a rotary drive shaft (8), a hub (10) coupling the wheel (2) to the drive shaft (8), said conveying device (1) being characterized in that it comprises adjustable fastening devices (22) for coupling the star wheel (2) to the hub (10), each fastening device (22) comprising: a drift bolt (23) including:
- a body (24) having a threaded portion (25) screwed into a hole (26) provided in the hub (10), said body (24) protruding from an upper face (28) of the hub (10), - a head (34) protruding from a lower face (31 ) of the hub (10),
- a central bore (30), a washer (36) interposed between the head (34) of the drift bolt (23) and the lower face (31 ) of the hub (10), said washer (36) having a predetermined thickness (T3), whereby the starwheel (2) rests on an upper face (40) of the drift bolt (23) with a predetermined clearance
(C) with respect of the hub (10), a bolt (37) mounted in the bore (30), said bolt (37) having a threaded portion (38) protruding from the drift bolt (23) and screwed into a hole (39) provided in the wheel (2), thereby fastening the wheel (2) to the hub (10).
2. The article conveying device of claim 1 , wherein the head (34) of the drift bolt (23) is nut shaped for wrench driving.
3. The article conveying device of claim 1 or 2, further comprising a dowel (19) fitted into two facing holes (20, 21 ) provided respectively in the hub (10) and the wheel (2) for preventing angular displacement of the wheel (2) with respect of the hub (10).
4. The article conveying device of any of claims 1 -3, wherein the star wheel (2) has a lower plate (13) fixed to the hub (10) and an upper plate (12) fixed to the lower plate (13).
5. The article conveying device of claim 4, further comprising: a plurality of studs (15) screwed to the upper plate (14) and fitted into arc of circle shaped elongated openings (16) provided in the lower plate (13) , - a plurality of nuts (17) screwed to each stud (15), thereby fastening the upper plate (14) to the lower plate (13) in a predetermined angular position.
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EP07789619A EP2139797B1 (en) 2007-04-20 2007-04-20 Starwheel conveying device including a wheel vertical adjustment device
JP2010503603A JP5110481B2 (en) 2007-04-20 2007-04-20 Star wheel conveying device with wheel vertical adjustment device
CN2007800526693A CN101652301B (en) 2007-04-20 2007-04-20 Starwheel conveying device including a wheel vertical adjustment device
PCT/IB2007/002298 WO2008129347A1 (en) 2007-04-20 2007-04-20 Starwheel conveying device including a wheel vertical adjustment device
DE602007011827T DE602007011827D1 (en) 2007-04-20 2007-04-20 SWITCHING DEVICE WITH A DEVICE FOR VERTICAL ADJUSTMENT OF THE STAR
MX2009011301A MX2009011301A (en) 2007-04-20 2007-04-20 Starwheel conveying device including a wheel vertical adjustment device.
AT07789619T ATE494247T1 (en) 2007-04-20 2007-04-20 SWITCHING STAR TRANSPORT DEVICE WITH A DEVICE FOR VERTICALLY ADJUSTING THE STAR
US12/596,614 US8104603B2 (en) 2007-04-20 2007-04-20 Starwheel conveying device including a wheel vertical adjustment device
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