Patent ID: 8789688

Claim:
Support structure ( 1 ; 200 ) for container handling machines, comprising a single-piece assembled table ( 2 ; 202 ) having: a first wall ( 3 ; 203 ) provided with at least three first support housings ( 53 ; 253 ); and a second wall ( 4 ; 204 ) opposite to said first wall ( 3 ; 203 ) with respect to a plane (P) of reference of said table ( 2 ; 202 ), characterized in that said second wall ( 4 ; 204 ) is provided with at least three second support housings ( 54 ; 254 ) arranged in a mirror-like manner to said first support housings ( 53 ; 253 ) with respect to said plane (P) of reference, the support structure ( 1 ; 200 ) having two different wall orientations, said two different wall orientations being a first wall up orientation and a second wall up orientation, in the first wall up orientation the first support housings ( 53 ; 253 ) being adapted and effective to support one or more portions of a container handling machine and the second support housings ( 54 ; 254 ) being adapted and effective to engage floor-standing bearings ( 5 ; 155 ) to effectively support the support structure ( 1 ; 200 ) on a floor, in the second wall up orientation the second support housings ( 54 ; 254 ) being adapted and effective to support one or more portions of a container handling machine and the first support housings ( 53 ; 253 ) being adapted and effective to engage floor standing bearings ( 5 ; 155 ) to effectively support the support structure ( 1 ; 200 ) on a floor.