Transfer mechanism for articles travelling from a delivery machine to a reception machine

Claim 1

TRANSFER MECHANISM FOR ARTICLES TRAVELLING 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 WITH SAID CONVEYING BELT AND LATERALLY SPACED THEREFROM, A TRANSFER STATION BETWEEN SAID CONVEYING BELT AND SAID TRANSFER BELT, 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 TRANSFER STATION, A PUSHER MEMBER POSITIONED AT SAID TRANSFER STATION, DRIVE MEANS TO RECIPROCATE SAID PUSHER MEMBER TRANSVERSELY OF SAID BELT TO TRANSFER A SET OF ARTICLES FROM SAID CONVEYING BELT TO SAID TRANSFER STATION UNDERLYING SAID STORAGE MAGAZINE AND FROM SAID TRANSFER STATION 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FROM SAID TRANSFER STATION INTO SAID STORAGE MAGAZINE, WHEREBY A SET OF ARTICLES MAY BE SELECTIVELY SUPPLIED TO AND WITHDRAWN FROM SAID TRANSFER STATION BY SAID RELEASABLE MEANS AND SAID ELEVATOR, RESPECTIVELY, TO MAINTAIN THE FLOW OF ARTICLES FROM SAID DELIVERY MACHINE TO SAID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.