Article transfer apparatus having automatic storage magazine

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TRANSFER MECHANISM FOR ARTICLES TRAVELING FROM A DELIVERY MACHINE TO A RECEPTION MACHINE AND HAVING A HIGH CAPACITY FOR AUTOMATIC STORAGE OF ARTICLES COMPRISING THE COMBINATION OF A CONVEYING BELT FOR MOVING THE ARTICLES FROM SAID DELIVERY MACHINE, A SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER BELT ARRANGED IN A SIDE-BY-SIDE MANNER AT THE SAME LEVER WITH SAID CONVEYING BELT TO THEREBY FORM A TRANSFER STATION, A VERTICAL STORAGE MAGAZINE HAVING A WIDTH SUFFICIENT TO CONTAIN SETS OF ARTICLES CHARGED TOGETHER, RELEASABLE MEANS ON SAID MAGAZINE TO SELECTIVELY RELEASE SAID SETS OF ARTICLES, SAID STORAGE MAGAZINE BEING ARRANGED ABOVE SAID CONVEYING BELT AT SAID TRANSFER STATION, A PUSHER MEMBER POSITIONED AT SAID TRANSFER STATION, DRIVE MEANS TO RECIPROCATE SAID PUSHER MEMBER TRANSVERSELY OF SAID BELTS TO TRANSFER A SET OF ARTICLES FROM SAID CONVEYING BELT UNDERLYING SAID STORAGE MAGAZINE TO SAID TRANSFER BELT, AN ELEVATOR POSITIONED AT SAID TRANSFER STATION AND ALIGNED WITH SAID STORAGE MAGAZINE, POWER MEANS TO RECIPROCATE SAID ELEVATOR WITH A VERTICAL RECIPROCATING MOTION TO MOVE A SET OF ARTICLES FROM SAID CONVEYING BELT INTO SAID STORAGE MAGAZINE, WHEREBY A SET OF ARTICLES MAY BE SELECTIVELY SUPPLY TO AN WITHDRAWN FROM SAID TRANSFER STATION BY SAID RELEASABLE MEANS AND SAID ELEVATOR, RESPECTIVELY, TO MAINTAIN THE FLOW OF ARTICLES FROM SAID DELIVERY MACHINE TO SAID RECEPTION MACHINE SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT.