Title: Variable-capacity FIFO store with an expulsion station
Application Number: 200510051111 Application Date: 2005.02.28
Publication Number: 1659986 Publication Date: 2005.08.31
Approval Pub. Date: Granted Pub. Date:
International Classifi-cation: A24C5/35,B65G21/16
Applicant(s) Name: GD SPA Address:
Inventor(s) Name: Ferrari Michele, Uccellari Sauro
Attorney & Agent: zhang shegao wu guimeng
Abstract:
     A variable-capacity FIFO store having a powered endless conveyor belt defining a conveying branch for transferring a mass of articles from an input station to an output station, and a return branch extending from the output station to the input station; and an adjusting assembly for adjusting the lengths of the conveying and return branches in complementary manner, so as to adjust the storage capacity of the store; an expulsion station is located along an output conveyor, downstream from the output station, to expel a given mass of articles from the output conveyor, and is controlled by a control unit for identifying the location of a mass of articles in the store, and for activating the expulsion station when the previously identified mass of articles travels through the expulsion station.
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