Patent ID: 8152434

Claim:
An infeed station of a palletizing system, the infeed station comprising: a stack feeder, a first and second chamber, which can each receive stacks from the stack feeder, first conveying means assigned to the first chamber and second conveying means assigned to the second chamber, for conveying the stacks in the chambers and for transferring the stacks to a stack gripper, and first centering means for centering the stacks in the first chamber and second centering means for centering the stacks in the second chamber, and third conveying means arranged between the first and second conveying means, wherein the first and second centering means are shiftable relative to each other in such a way that the third conveying means are positioned in the first or second chamber, and the chamber with the third conveying means is much wider than the other, narrower chamber, wherein the conveying means in the narrower chamber is inactive when the wider chamber is in use.