Patent ID: 6764273
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
An arrangement for automatically denesting containers conveyed on a horizontal conveyor with container bottoms facing forward and nested in each other in a container stack in a lying posture, and for depositing a container on a support with a container opening facing upwards, the arrangement comprising:pressure gripping means for gripping and moving a respective first container of said container stack, said gripping means having a pair of lateral pressure-medium cylinders, each pressure-medium cylinder of the pair having a horizontal axis with the horizontal axes of the pair oriented in a common horizontal plane; holding elements movable in a stacking direction, said holding elements supporting said gripping means at lower portions of said holding elements; clamping means for holding back the container stack, with the first container being left free of the container stack; wherein the support is positioned immediately beneath an end of said horizontal conveyor and wherein a denested container is moved to the end of the conveyor, tilted by gravity about the end of the conveyor and falls onto the support with its container opening facing upward.