摘要 |
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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