Patent ID: 8210338

Claim:
Apparatus for orienting objects in a preset direction, in particular, objects that have a cavity having an opening at one of the ends of said objects, wherein said apparatus comprises a conveying device for said objects comprising a conveying surface tilted by an angle with respect to a horizontal plane, said conveying surface being movable in an advancing direction oriented from a lower end of said conveying device to an upper end of said conveying device, an evacuating device suitable for receiving said objects from said conveying device and for removing said objects from said apparatus, said evacuating device being arranged at a lower end of said conveying device, on said conveying surface there being arranged hooking elements that are suitable for interacting with said cavity when said objects are not oriented in said preset direction so as to drag said objects in said advancing direction and are suitable for not hindering a gravity sliding motion of said objects toward said evacuating device when said objects are oriented in said preset direction.