Device for orienting bottles

Claim 1

BOTTLE ORIENTING APPARATUS COMPRISING: MEANS FORMING A CHANNEL FOR THE PASSAGE OF BOTTLE ALIGNED VERTICALLY END TO END AND EITHER NECK UP OR NECK DOWN; A PLURALITY OF MOVING MEMBERS, A CENTRAL ONE OF SAID MEMBERS MOVING IN ONE DIRECTION AND SIDE MEMBERS SPACED ON EACH SIDE OF SAID CENTRAL MEMBER MOVING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, SAID CHANNEL HAVING ITS EXIT END ADJACENT TO, AND ABOVE, SAID MOVING MEMBERS, SAID SIDE MEMBERS BEING AT A HIGHER LEVEL THAN SAID CENTRAL MEMBER TO ENGAGE OUTER PORTIONS OF THE BOTTOMS OF BOTTLES THAT ARE NECK UP AND MOVE THE BOTTOMS OF THE BOTTLES IN SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION THEREBY TIPPING THE BOTTLES BACKWARDLY INTO A LYING POSITION, SAID CENTRAL MEMBER ENGAGING THE ENDS OF THE NECKS OF BOTTLES THAT ARE NECK DOWN TO DISPLACE THE NECK PORTIONS OF THE NECK DOWN BOTTLES IN SAID ONE DIRECTION THEREBY TIPPING THE BOTTLES FORWARDLY INTO A LYING POSITION, THE SAID SIDE MEMBERS EXTENDING SUFFICIENTLY FAR BEYOND THE SAID EXIT END TO ENGAGE THE BODY PORTION OF BOTTLES TIPPED INTO LYING POSITION BY SAID CENTRAL MEMBER SO AS TO CARRY SAID LAST NAMED BOTTLES AWAY IN SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION.