Container supply device and method for operating the container supply device

Container supply device for supplying containers to a mass flow conveyor, wherein the container supply device comprises:

• an at least single-track input conveyor which is drivable in a first direction and is designed to convey containers in the first direction,
• adjoining the at least single-track input conveyor parallel to the at least single-track input conveyor, a first group of a plurality of parallel first conveyors which are drivable in the first direction and are designed to convey containers in the first direction,
• adjoining the first group of the plurality of parallel first conveyors, parallel to the first group, a second group of a plurality of parallel second conveyors, which are drivable in a second direction and are designed to convey containers in the second direction which is opposite to the first direction,
• a control device for controlling drive speeds of the conveyors,
• wherein the containers of the second group of the plurality of parallel second conveyors can be transferred transversely to the second direction in the direction to the mass flow conveyor,
• wherein above a transport surface of the at least single-track input conveyor and above at least some of the transport surfaces of the plurality of parallel first conveyors, a rail with deflectors is provided,
• wherein at the end of at least some of the plurality of parallel first conveyors and at the beginning of at least some of the plurality of parallel second conveyors, above the transport surfaces, a concavely designed rail is provided, and
• wherein the rail with the deflectors, passes over into the concavely designed rail.