Patent ID: 8522954

Claim:
A device for transferring items to a transport system or to a storage unit, the device comprising: a feed unit for conveying a plurality of items, the feed unit having three parallel feeding lines; a transfer station for receiving the items from the feed unit and for transferring the items to the transport system or to the storage device, the transfer station comprising first, second and third stationary temporary storage lines arranged in parallel and underneath the feed unit and having temporary storage surfaces for receiving the items from the feed unit, the items being provided by the feed unit in a manner such that the items drop down from the feed unit and land on the temporary storage surfaces and that the items in each of the stationary temporary storage lines are arranged offset from the items in the other stationary temporary storage lines with respect to a first direction; and a pusher in the transfer station adapted to push the items in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction from the second and third stationary temporary storage lines to the first stationary temporary storage line.