| 摘要 |
<p>Machine for automatically positioning and aligning containers, such as plastic bottles, including a hopper (48) for receiving randomly containers (4) to be sorted, having a bottom (12,29) with a peripheral edge portion at a distance from the side wall of the hopper (48) to provide a space through which the containers can drop, by gravity towards a lower section, a rotatable disc (2) below said bottom and container holders associated to said disc for movement therewith and having recesses therein for receiving and holding containers in a lying position. A container support shelf (28) with a discharge section extends below said container holders for supporting containers in said recesses during movement. The disc (2) has a plurality of apertures (3) or an annular space in a peripheral portion thereof and the container holders comprise several exchangeable hollow frame-shaped pieces (1) each having inner dimensions forming one of said recesses so that each recess contains most of a container body therein and an inclined plane (11, 20) directed towards a central part of said hopper is disposed between said hopper's bottom (12, 29) and a charging opening (1a) of said pieces (1). <IMAGE></p> |
