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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2001
Carl Conrad Mader, Hinwil, CH;
Erwin Muller, Dürnten, CH;
Markus Felix, Richterswil, CH;
Ferag AG, Hinwil, CH;
Abstract
Holding elements () equipped for transporting individual articles () in a held manner and being movable along a stretch of rail () independently of one another at least to a limited extent and having in pushed operation a regular minimum distance between one another, are banked-up during transportation at a banking-up point by a banking-up device () to form an accumulation store () upstream of the banking-up point. The holding elements are released in groups from the accumulation store () in a controlled manner and are conveyed away from the accumulation store. The holding elements () in the groups () advantageously are spaced the minimum distance from one another. For pre-forming the groups to be released () there is a further banking-up device () provided in the accumulation store (). The further banking-up device acts at a further banking-up point upstream of the first banking-up point. The stream of groups being conveyed away from the accumulation store () can be supplied without any further transformation steps to a unit, in which the groups of articles held by holding elements () are processed (e.g. stacked and packed).