摘要 |
A conveyor (100) for buffering products, comprising a drivable helical input conveyor (102) including an input conveyor input (102b) and a plurality of input conveyor outputs (102a), a drivable helical output conveyor (103) including a plurality of output conveyor inputs (103b) and an output conveyor output (103a), and a plurality of accumulating conveyors (104), which is adapted such that under operating conditions a product can be transported from the input conveyor input (102b) via one of the input conveyor outputs (102a) to a selected accumulating conveyor (104) during a loading cycle, and from a selected accumulating conveyor (104) via one of the output conveyor inputs (103b) to the output conveyor output (103a) during a discharging cycle. |