Patent ID: 8517165

Claim:
A conveyor line in a feed area of a packaging machine for separating and directing a mass flow stream of articles into single lanes, the conveyor line comprising: a first conveyor section having a first transport path and having an endless belt or modular conveyor belt comprising a number of chain links; a second conveyor section, the article mass flow stream comprising at least two articles arranged mostly side by side on the first conveyor section, the second conveyor section comprising at least one lane dividing plate for separation of the articles into at least two lanes, the second conveying section having a second transport path; and a third conveyor section arranged between the first conveyor section and the second conveyor section, the third conveyor section having a chicane defined by curved lateral guidance elements for deflecting the mass flow stream and restricting the mass flow stream and forming a curved path; the first transport path and second transport path being in line or parallel.