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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roberto Osti, Zola Predosa, IT;
Fiorenzo Draghetti, Medicina, IT;
Assignee:
G.D. Societa' Per Azioni, Bologna, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198444 ; 198577 ; 198594 ; 198778 ;
Abstract
A variable-capacity store for products, the store presenting an endless conveyor belt extending along a given annular path; an input station and an output station, both movable along the path and defining, between them, a transportation portion of the conveyor belt, the transportation portion transporting the products substantially continuously and at adjustable speed from the input station to the output station; and an actuating device for moving the input station and the output station along the path to vary the length of the transportation portion and, hence, the capacity of the store.