摘要:
A device for conveying, lifting and rotating containers (521; 522; 523), (510) are conveyed in lying position past a detector (515) in order to inspect characteristic data regarding the containers, and means (124; 538) which, on the basis of such data, determines how the containers are to be handled. Along a first and a second longitudinal side (510'; 510") of the conveyor (510) there are provided respectively a first and a second rotatable roll (511, 512), wherein the rolls can be made to rotate with the aid of respective first and second roll driving motors (513, 514) about their longitudinal axis in the same direction of rotation. On co-ordinated movement, the rolls are moveable in the horizontal and optionally the vertical direction relative to the conveyor, whereby the rolls are displaceable to a first position wherein the lie substantially laterally outward relative to the container transport path of the conveyor (510), a second position wherein they are located above the conveyor and displaced towards each so as to be spaced apart at a distance (d) which is smaller than the width of the conveyor, and a third position wherein the rolls are spaced apart at a third distance which is smaller than or equal to said second distance. The detector (515) is a bar code reader located at a distance above the conveyor (510). The rolls (511, 512) are arranged to lift the container up from the conveyor and rotate the container about its longitudinal axis, so that a bar code can be read by the bar code reader (515).