INTERLOCKING DEVICE FOR ARTICLE TRANSPORTER HAVING PUSHER FINGERS

In an articles transporting apparatus having a finger support arranged to circulate along a predetermined route and a plurality of pusher fingers secured to said finger support, whereby the articles delivered successively in several rows by a conveyor means are divided into groups each of a predetermined number of articles by the pusher fingers and further transported, characterized in that the finger support has formed therein substantially along its full length a pressurized fluid supply hole connected to a pressurized fluid source and a plurality of vertical holes arranged at suitable intervals along the length of the finger support, the large diameter portion at the upper end of each pusher finger being axially slidably inserted into the corresponding one of the vertical holes through the medium of a sealing member, the vertical holes being all connected to the pressurized fluid supply hole, and that the driving source of the finger support is stopped by a detection signal from a pressure change detecting means provided at a suitable location in the pressurized fluid supply hole.