Variable capacity storage unit for commodities

摘要

Packets (2) transferred from a packing machine to an overwrapping machine pass through an in-line storage unit (1) of variable capacity internally of which they are directed along a path (P) bet ween a loading station (3) and an unloading station (4); the unit (1) consists in a succession of conveying members (19) each set in motion by a corresponding motor (30), and chutes (44) by which the conveying members (19) are linked in series.