Patent ID: 7407056

Claim:
A unit for automatic container recycling apparatuses for returning containers in a lying position, by means of a conveying device with a conveyor belt for advancing the containers in the direction of the longitudinal axis thereof, and with rotating rollers that are provided with a surface area and can be moved from a neutral position into an identifying position in which the rotating rollers disengage the container from the conveying device and make the container rotate, a. the rotating rollers are each embodied as hollow elements and are provided with at least one breakthrough in the longitudinal direction, b. at least one conveying device is disposed in the rollers, respectively, and the conveyor belt is arranged in the area of the breakthrough, c. the rotating rollers and the conveying device are mounted separately, the surface area of the rollers overlapping the conveyor belt of the conveying device when the rotating rollers are rotated.