公开(公告)号：US20040035678A1

公开(公告)日：2004-02-26

申请号：US10462586

申请日：2003-06-13

Applicant: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI

Inventor： Andrea Biondi ,  Fiorenzo Draghetti

IPC: B65G001/00

CPC classification number: B65G47/5131 ,  B65G47/57

Abstract: A storage unit, wherein a store receives a succession of substantially parallelepiped-shaped products from an input conveying unit at an input and in a given feed direction, and releases a succession of rows of products to an output conveying unit at an output separate from the input; the store having a conveying device, which extends through the input and the output, has a number of elongated pockets for receiving respective rows of products, and moves in a direction crosswise to the pockets to move the pockets from the input to the output along a path portion of variable length extending about at least one pulley having an axis of rotation parallel to the pockets and to the feed direction and movable transversely to vary the length of the path portion between the input and the output.