Patent ID: 7703598

Claim:
A distributing device comprising: a supply line with an outlet and a plurality of manufacturing lines, wherein the distributing device is adapted for distributing closures supplied from the supply line over the plurality of manufacturing lines, each manufacturing line comprising a feed-in, the feed-ins of the manufacturing lines being disposed side by side in a longitudinal plane, a distributing element comprising a number of guideways conforming at least to the number of manufacturing lines, wherein the distributing element can be displaced in a direction of displacement which is perpendicular to said longitudinal plane, each guideway comprising an entrance for the introduction of closures into the guideway, wherein the entrances of the guideways are disposed one behind the other in the direction of displacement of the distributing element, each guideway further comprising: an exit for the discharge of closures out of the guideway into the feed-in of the particular manufacturing line, a passage connecting the entrance to the exit, and a base parallel to the longitudinal plane and a displacement mechanism for displacing the guideways of the distributing element in the direction of displacement for the simultaneous positioning of an entrance of a specific guideway of the distributing element in line with the outlet of the supply line and, respectively, of an exit of the specific guideway in line with the feed-in of a manufacturing line.