Patent ID: 7198147

Claim:
A conveyor system for accumulation of receptacles comprising: a feed conveyor; an accumulation table onto which said feed conveyor opens to at an upstream end of said accumulation table; a passive aligning means positioned for receiving the receptacles downstream of said accumulation table; a processing unit downstream of said passive aligning means, said passive aligning means for conveying the receptacles in a single row to said processing unit, said passive aligning means running parallel to said accumulation table; a transfer conveying means positioned downstream of said accumulation table, said transfer conveying means having a first guiding rail for pushing the receptacles laterally to said passive aligning means; and a transition conveying means juxtaposed by said transfer conveying means, said transition conveying means for running in a direction opposite to a direction that said transfer conveying means runs, said transition conveying means for feeding the receptacles to said passive aligning means.