Apparatus for positioning articles such as bottles, has extraction unit which extracts correctly oriented and aligned articles from conduits and compartments and transfers articles to outfeed conveyor

摘要

A transfer unit (40) transfers the articles (20) from a conduit (3) to a compartment (4), after the articles are fallen through the drop site (2a) and before the articles are reached to drop site (2b). An extraction unit extracts the correctly oriented and aligned articles from the conduits and compartments and transfers the articles to the outfeed conveyor. An independent claim is also included for method for positioning articles.