Method and apparatus for transporting articles to a station

A method for transporting preforms to a blow-molding apparatus, comprising providing each preform with a protrusion and moving the preform by a drive along a guide, wherein, along at least a part of the guide, the preform is held against an abutment by an air stream and is transported further along this abutment.

An apparatus for transporting preforms to a blow-molding apparatus, comprising each preform has a protrusion and is movable by a drive along a guide, and a device for producing an air stream that acts on the preform is provided along at least a part of the guide.

An apparatus for transporting preforms to a blow-molding apparatus, comprising each preform is provided with a protrusion and is moved by a drive along a guide, the guide has at least one stationary directing element and a movable directing element.

An apparatus for transporting preforms to a blow-molding apparatus, comprising each preform is provided with a protrusion and is movable by a drive along a guide, and a singularizing apparatus is connected upstream of the guide, said singularizing apparatus having a turntable which is surrounded at least partially by a directing wall, wherein a lower peripheral edge of the directing wall is arranged in a vertically offset manner with respect to an outer periphery of the turntable.

An apparatus for transporting preforms to a blow-molding apparatus, comprising each preform is provided with a protrusion and is movable by a drive along a guide, and a singularizing apparatus is connected upstream of the guide, said singularizing apparatus having a turntable which is surrounded at least partially by a directing wall, wherein a transport device for the preform guides the latter laterally to the turntable and opens out just above the turntable.