[Royal, Gabriel] 805, boulevard Michel Rondet, BP No 20, F-42153 Riorges, FR

[Schaap, Arthur P.] 5050 Cass Avenue, Detroit Michigan 48202, US

[Sakagami, Wataru] 30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku, Tokyo, JP

FR In order to carry out identification of barrel-shaped packages C1, C2 bearing an identification reference mark on their lateral surface of revolution, the packages are placed successively vertically astride two juxtaposed transporters 24a, 24b. By actuating these two transporters in the same direction, the package is brought to bear against stops 32a, 32b. The two transporters are then actuated in the reverse direction, which has the effect of turning the barrel on itself. The index mark carried by the barrel is then scanned by a fixed read head 30. Next the stops 32a, 32b are retracted and the transporters 24a, 24b are again actuated in the same direction to remove the barrel thus identified. <IMAGE>

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