Patent ID: 8572937

Claim:
A device for handling a container of a collapsible type, comprising: at least one station, and a transfer device provided for said at least one station and carried by a transport unit and said transfer device is cyclically moveable along an endless path between a pick-up position and a delivery position located adjacent to the station, said device being arranged to receive said container in an upright position and oriented in a first horizontal direction, and said transfer device being arranged to transport said container to said at least one said station by moving the container, the container being in a fixed orientation relative to said first horizontal direction, in a second horizontal direction along said endless path, said second horizontal direction being perpendicular to said first horizontal direction, a holding device provided for said at least one station and located in a stationary position adjacent to the station, the transfer device being arranged to pick up the container in the pick-up position and transfer the container, in the delivery position, to the holding device.