the gripper 6 is arranged above the container 11 by means of an appropriate movement of the carriages 2 1 to 2 3 in order to lower the gripper 6 exactly vertically onto the object 10 as shown in fig1 b all three carriages 2 1 to 2 3 are moved through the same distance with the carriages 2 2 and 2 3 following and both running to the carriage 2 1 in order to raise the object 10 exactly vertically out of the container 11 the three carriages 2 1 to 2 3 are once again moved back through the same distance as a result of which as shown in fig1 they are in the initial position as shown in fig1 a the three carriages 2 1 to 2 3 are now moved through the same distance to the right as shown in fig1 d until the object 10 is located above the supporting surface 12 all three carriages 2 1 to 2 3 are then once again moved through the same distance to be precise the carriages 2 2 and 2 3 successively and the carriage 2 1 towards the carriages 2 2 and 2 3 this results in the gripper 6 together with the object 10 being lowered onto the supporting surface 12 the gripping members 9 are now released and as shown in fig1 f the carriages 2 1 to 2 3 are moved back to the initial position as shown in.