Abstract: Apparatus for transferring test strips (T), which have detectably different sides and ends, to an examining apparatus, having a collecting chamber for receiving a loose bundle of test strips (T) in which identical ends point in the same direction, having a separator which feeds the test strips (T) individually to a slide member which is movable back and forth between a receiving station and a delivery station, and having a turner controlled by a detector, the turner ensuring that all the test strips (T) in the delivery station are arranged on the slide member with identical sides facing upwards, characterized in that the separator has a chute terminating over the receiving station, from which the test strips (T) are individually fed, with a longitudinal edge pointing downwards, to a deflector controlled by the detector, the deflector sending the test strips (T) away with identical sides facing upwards.