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Abstract

In a processing machine for objects, such as a labeling or filling machine for bottles, comprising a turntable having at least two arcuate transport path sections each for one string of objects and stationary or co-moving processing structure, such as labeling stations or filler spouts, associated with these transport path sections, transfer structure disposed at the points of entrance and exit of the transport path sections, and infeed and outfeed conveyors, the improvement which comprises disposing the infeed conveyor (12) leading to the transfer structure (23, 24) of one transport path section and the outfeed conveyor (20) adjoining the transfer structure (19, 18) of the other transport path section alongside one another and approximately over the center of the turntable (1). The machine can be adapted to perform multiple operations on each path section, such as filling and labeling, and the operations can be different on the two sections. The machine is simpler, less expensive and takes less room than two separate machines, and both sections can readily be monitored by a single machine operator.

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