Patent ID: 7111723

Claim:
Conveying unit with accumulation of containers ( 6 ), especially of bottles, comprising an accumulation table ( 2 ) equipped laterally with guide rails ( 12 , 13 ) that keep the containers ( 6 ) on said table ( 2 ), and composed of a juxtaposition of at least one feed conveyor ( 9 ) and one accumulation conveyor ( 10 ), the containers ( 6 ) being routed onto this table ( 2 ) at its upstream end ( 3 ), especially via at least one feed transporter ( 4 ), and being discharged on the downstream end ( 5 ) via at least one discharge transporter ( 7 ), characterized in that at least one of the guide rails ( 12 , 13 ) is equipped with a transverse offset ( 12 a , 13 a ) composed of a segment of said guide rail ( 12 , 13 ), with an amplitude ( 14 ) of between 0.2 and 0.8 times the diameter D of a container ( 6 ) and offset relative to the longitudinal axis ( 15 ) of said guide rail ( 12 , 13 ) by a distance corresponding to said amplitude ( 14 ).