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) connected thereto, about a kink line (17) extending between the cover section (15) and the base section (13).

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

• at least one conveyor (27) on whose support surface the product carrier (11) can be conveyed in the 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, in particular through gaps in the support surface of a conveyor (27) or through a gap (37) between two conveyors (27, 35) arranged behind one another.

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

• at least one conveyor (43) on whose support surface the product carrier (11) can be conveyed in the conveying direction (F), wherein, for pivoting the cover section of a product carrier (11), at least one folding element (45) and, spaced apart therefrom in the conveying direction (F), a stop (45) for the product carrier (11) are arranged on the support surface of the conveyor (43);
• and
• a feed (47) for delivering a product carrier (11) to the conveyor (43) such that the end of the base section (13) remote from the cover section (15) comes into contact with the stop (45) and the cover section (13) is pivoted by the folding element (45) about the kink line (17).