Patent ID: 6840368
Filing Date: 2005-01-11
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. An accumulator for temporarily accumulating elongated products comprising at least two continuous flexible members for supporting said products and developing along respective closed paths reciprocally parallel defined by a plurality of guide wheels, wherein supports for said products project laterally with respect to a respective one of said at least two flexible members; each of said at least two flexible members and at least one first of the said guide wheels in the respective closed paths is constructed and arranged such that the supports face an axis of the guide wheels in a section of a flexible member trained about said first of said second guide wheels; and said at least one first of the guide wheels is provided with a plurality of radial arms with flexible member contact means; among consecutive radial arms a space being created for the elongated products resting on said supports and positioning of the supports being timed with respect to positioning of the radial arms.