Patent ID: 7207428

Claim:
Conveyor device ( 2 ) for containers ( 19 ), comprising: multiple narrow lanes (a through f) formed by guide railings ( 7 ) that are adjustable horizontally and are positioned across a direction of conveyance (T); sensors ( 23 ) for the containers along the narrow lanes, the sensors being adjustable horizontally across the direction of conveyance and coupled to the guide railings ( 7 ) in such a way that they are also necessarily adjusted along with any adjustment in the guide railings ( 7 ), the sensors ( 23 ) and the guide railings ( 7 ) each being arranged to be horizontally movable across the direction of transport (T) on their own separate mounts ( 4 , 5 ) and each sensor ( 23 ) being connected to an adjustable guide railing ( 7 ) by a coupling element ( 35 ) wherein the mount ( 4 ) for the sensors ( 23 ) is adjustable in height, and the coupling elements ( 35 ) allow a relative movement in height between the guide railings ( 7 ) and the sensors ( 23 ).