摘要 |
<p>BOTTLE CONVEYING APPARATUS Bottle orienting apparatus characterized by guide means for receiving and advancing bottles in random open-end leading and open-end trailing dispositions, discriminating means downstream of and cooperative with said guide means for distinguishing bottles of open-end leading disposition from bottles of open-end trailing disposition and altering the disposition of each of the open-end leading bottles to respective open-end trailing dispositions as said bottles move through said discriminating means, and take-off means positioned downstream of said discriminating means and cooperative therewith for removing from said discriminating means all of the bottles which pass therethrough, said discriminating means including gripping means for frictionally gripping opposite sides of said bottles upon their arrival at said discriminating means.</p> |