Patent ID: 8823355

Claim:
A feed device for the automatic shifting of objects, in particular goods or goods packages, wherein the feed device comprises a storage area or a holding element and a driven feed unit by means of which an object arranged on the storage area or at the holding element of the feed device can be shifted when the feed unit engages at the object, and wherein the feed device includes at least one electronic component which electronically detects a movement of the feed unit and which has different contact means at which in each case a pulse is generated which is characteristic for the respective contact means when the feed unit has covered a predefined distance, wherein the electronic component is configured such that the covering of a distance by the feed unit during movement of the feed unit is directly detected as an electric pulse and that the covering of respectively predefined distances of the feed unit generates a pulse sequence characteristic for the distances covered, wherein the contact means are respectively connected to one of several electric resistors being different from each other and/or are respectively associated to one of several electric circuits.