Apparatus for delivering product carriers and apparatus for pivoting a cover section of a product carrier

An apparatus for pivoting a cover section (15) of a product carrier (11) with respect to a base section (13) of the product carrier (11), about a kink line (17) of the product carrier (11) extending between the cover section (15) and the base section (13) of the product carrier (11), wherein the apparatus comprises:

• at least one conveyor (27) having a support surface on which the product carrier (11) can be conveyed in a conveying direction (F), and
• a pivoting device having at least one active element (31), wherein the active element (31) is configured and arranged, for the pivoting of the cover section (15) of the product carrier (11) disposed on the support surface, to cooperate with the cover section (15) from below the support surface, wherein a suction rail (33) extending transversely to the conveying direction (F) is provided that grasps the base section (13) from below the support surface, wherein the support surface of the at least one conveyor (27) is provided by bands (29) spaced from one another by gaps, wherein the active element (31) includes a plurality of levers configured to extend upwardly above the support surface through the gaps, between the bands of the support surface, to pivot the cover section (15) about the kink line (17), wherein the plurality of levers of the active element (31) are arranged in a row extending transversely to the conveying direction (F), with the plurality of levers of the active element (31) extending from the suction rail (33) and being moveable along the conveying direction (F) with the product carrier (11) while pivoting the cover section (15) about the kink line (17).