FEEDING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FEEDING PACKAGES

摘要

The present invention relates to a feeding arrangement for containers (6) such as bottles or cans. It comprises a transport arrangement for transporting each container from a feed end (4) to an output end (5). In accordance with the invention the transport arrangement comprises a plurality of rollers (8) arranged one after the other in transport direction. These rollers (8) are rotatable, each about its own axis of rotation (X), and are driven. Each axis of rotation (X) forms a non-right-angled angle with the direction of transport. As a result of the obliquely inclined rollers aeach container will be both rotated and transported. This enables a bar code on each container to be read so that the containers can be sorted. The invention also relates to a corresponding method of feeding containers.