APPARATUS FOR STORING ARTICLES DISCHARGED AT A HIGH RATE FROM PRODUCTION MACHINES

摘要

An apparatus for storing flat articles comprises a first conveyor, two deflectors for diverting the articles from said first conveyor to a second slower conveyor disposed beneath each deflector at right-angles to the first conveyor for receiving said articles in an overlapping formation, a frame adjoining said second conveyor and carrying rollers at each end, endless driven conveyor belts of one said roller so that the other roller is disposed adjacent to a winding for receiving convolutions of said overlapping formation of articles and so that said belts are in contact with said convolutions to turn said core, and a supply reel of holding tape associated with each winding core.