Patent ID: 7237580

Claim:
For a container filling apparatus including a fill turret, a container guide for use in guiding containers along a first path from the fill turret, the container guide comprising: an upper guide member defining a first upper guide surface; and a lower guide member defining a first lower guide surface that is spaced apart from and substantially parallel to the first upper guide surface; wherein the first upper and first lower guide surfaces are configured to cooperate to define an arcuate edge of the first path, wherein the first upper guide surface extends outwardly a first distance toward the first path to contact a container disposed in the first path at a first location of the container, and wherein the first lower guide surface extends outwardly a second distance toward the first path to contact the container at a second location of the container that is spaced apart from the first location, the second distance being less than the first distance, whereby the first upper and first lower guide surfaces are capable of maintaining the container in an upright position as the container moves along the edge of the first path.