Device for dividing a transport stream of upright containers

A device for dividing a transport stream consisting of one line of successively arranged upright containers into two partial transport streams, each partial transport stream consisting of one line of successively arranged upright containers, the device comprising:

• a feed device for conveying the transport stream of containers;
• two distribution lines arranged at an angle to each other, each of which serves to accept one of the partial transport streams of containers in a transfer area of the feed device, the feed device and the two distribution lines thus forming a Y-shaped intersection in the transfer area;
• and
• precisely one driven roller with a substantially vertical axis of rotation arranged between the two distribution lines in the transfer area of the feed device offset asymmetrically toward one of the two distribution lines, wherein the roller is offset toward the left and has a clockwise rotational direction, or the roller is offset toward the right and has a counterclockwise rotational direction.