V-belt cleaner-debris removal machine

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A device for removing bottles from their associated packaging on a bottle return line, includes alignment means for aligning an array of bottles in longitudinal rows on a lower discharge bottle conveyor downstream of a bottom cutting apparatus. Bottle pick up means are provided immediately downstream of the alignment means. Upwardly inclined bottle transport means extend away from the bottle pick up means. Debris clearing means extend downwardly from the transport means between the rows of bottles. Lastly bottle, release means release the bottles from the transport means at the level of an upper conveyor.