Container guide for a container filling apparatus

For a container filling apparatus including a fill turret, a container guide for use in guiding containers along a path from the fill turret, the container guide comprising:

• an upper guide member defining an upper guide surface;
• and
• a lower guide member defining a lower guide surface that is spaced apart from the upper guide surface;
• the upper and lower guide surfaces configured to cooperate to define an arcuate edge of the path, the upper guide surface being spaced apart from and substantially parallel to the lower guide surface, the upper guide surface being located to contact a container at a first location and the lower guide surface being located to contact the container at a second location that is spaced apart from the first location, the upper and lower guide surfaces capable of maintaining the container in an upright position as the container moves along the edge of the path.