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PCT No. PCT/GB88/00173 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 12, 1989 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 12, 1989 PCT Filed Mar. 8, 1988 PCT Pub. No. WO88/07016 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 22, 1988.An article orientator (11) for example for bottles is disposed in the path of a conveyor (12) for transporting the articles (13). The orientator (11) comprises a plurality of article holders (21) which are bodily movable to divert an article (13) located in the holder (21) out of the conveyor path and then back into it again with a changed orientation. The article holders (21) are movable independently of each other around a common endless path in incremental movements, the number of articles holders (21) disposed around the path being such as to leave free a path space in the endless path equal to at least one incremental movements.
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