Patent ID: 8534453

Claim:
A device for transporting upright containers in a straight line in a transport direction, comprising: a rake conveyor, which comprises, on a first long side thereof, several receiving sections for the containers arranged next to each other in a row in the transport direction; and an opposing support element to support the containers carried in the receiving sections, the support element comprising a support surface extending in the transport direction and arranged opposite the first long side of the rake conveyor, the receiving sections of the rake conveyor open towards the support element; wherein the rake conveyor is connected to a first drive and to a second drive by at least two pivot systems; wherein each of the at least two pivot systems comprises a first arm and a second arm, the first arm connected stationarily but rotatably to the rake conveyor at a first connecting point of the first arm, and the second arm connected stationarily but rotatably to the rake conveyor at a first connecting point of the second arm; wherein each first arm is, at a second connecting point of the first arm, rotatably connected to a first shifting element which is movable back and forth in a straight line in the transport direction by means of the first drive; wherein each second arm is, at a second connecting point of the second arm, rotatably connected to a second shifting element which is movable back and forth in a straight line in the transport direction by means of the second drive; and wherein the first drive and the second drive are adapted to either drive the first shifting element and the second shifting element in a same direction for identical movement, or to drive the first shifting element and the second shifting element differently for relative movement with respect to each other, the rake conveyor thus being movable back and forth both in the transport direction of the containers and in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction of the containers.