ADJUSTABLE UNIT FOR TRANSFERRING UPRIGHT AND ALIGNED ARTICLES FROM A CONVEYOR CONVEYING THE ARTICLES ON THEIR BASE TO A OVERHEAD CONVEYOR

摘要

Comprising a rotary wheel (1) with radial blades (2, 3), a curved support track (4), between a delivery end (31) of an inlet conveyor (30) and a reception end of an outlet conveyor (40), with conveyor (30) being adapted to convey articles (B) upright on their base (B1) on a surface (32) and said conveyor (40) is overhead to convey hanging articles (B), with support track (4) of the transfer unit being connected to vertical movement means (7, 8) for adapting the vertical distance between support track (4) and lifting guides (42) of outlet conveyor (40) to different height articles (B) with said configuration (B2).