摘要 |
<p>An apparatus for feeding bottles (B) to a filling station, wherein said bottles (B) have respective filling openings (O) and a longitudinal axis (A) orthogonal to said filling openings (O), comprising:
- a conveyor (12), provided for feeding the bottles (B) in a direction of feed (C) so that they are arranged with their longitudinal axes (A) horizontal and with the filling openings oriented in a mutually concordant way; and
- a transfer wheel (18), which is able to turn about an axis (D) inclined with respect to said direction of feed (C) and is provided with a plurality of gripping seats (20) designed to pick up from said conveyor (12) the bottles arranged with said axis (A) horizontal and to release the bottles (B) with said axis (A) oriented in the vertical direction.</p> |