Patent ID: 8770395

Claim:
A device for filling containers, comprising: an upper main element, a lower main element and lateral elements connecting the upper main element and the lower main element; and a plurality of support elements which are supported on rollers through the device in an endless manner past operating stations along the upper main element, the lateral element and the lower main element, wherein the support elements include receivers for containers which receivers are arranged in rows transversal to a feed direction and in tracks in feed direction, wherein the support elements are approximately split in half along a row of receivers, wherein paired partial recesses of adjacent support element halves jointly form a container receiver, wherein the support element halves are supported in the device so that they perform an opening movement that widens the container receiver, and wherein a container feed device feeds the containers from below to the support elements, wherein the container feed device lifts the containers for inserting into the container receivers and a lifting process induces the opening movement of the support element halves.