Variable-capacity store for elongated elements

Details Variable-capacity store for elongated elements Variable-capacity store for elongated elements

2005-07-05

2005-07-05

Ridley, Richard (Department: 3651)

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor system having auxiliary section for storing items...

C198S347300, C198S812000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06913132

ABSTRACT:
A variable-capacity store (1; 50) for elongated elements (2), in particular tobacco articles, wherein an endless conveyor (8) has a conveying branch (9) for transferring the elongated elements (2) from an input station (3) to an output station (4) of the store (1; 50), and a return branch (10) extending from the output station (4) to the input station (3); each branch (9; 10) is coiled about a relative pair (11; 12) of transmission members, (13, 15; 14, 15); and the two pairs (11; 12) of transmission members (13, 15) (14, 15) share a transmission member (15) movable transversely in controlled manner.

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