Patent ID: 6193051
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: A24C

Abstract:
System for handling articles, having a reservoir (12) or store for temporarily receiving articles, and having at least a first handling machine upstream, and at least a second handling machine downstream, of the reservoir (12) as seen in the direction of a conveying path, of the articles it being the case that the first handling machine conveys articles alternatively into the reservoir (12) or to the second handling machine and the reservoir (12), as required, discharges articles to the second handling machine, it being the case thata) the first handling machine, which is arranged upstream of the reservoir (12) in the conveying path of the articles, and the second handling machine, which is arranged downstream of the reservoir (12), can be controlled in terms of the operating speed (cycle speed, output) in accordance with the filling level of the reservoir (12), said level being measured constantly or from time to time,b) the first handling machine, which is arranged upstream of the reservoir (12), can be driven at a higher speed when the filling level of the reservoir (12) is comparatively low and can be driven at a correspondingly lower operating speed when the filling level of the reservoir (12) is higher,c) the second handling machine, which is arranged downstream of the reservoir (12), can be driven at a lower operating speed (output, cycle speed) when the filling level of the reservoir (12) is lower and can be driven at a higher operating speed when the filling level of the reservoir (12) is higher,characterized in thatd) the operating speeds of the first and/or second handling machine (10; 11) can be set both in dependence on the measured filling level (f.sub.r) and in dependence on the tendency of the filling level to change.