Patent ID: 8109380

Claim:
An intermediate storage for storing unit goods, comprising: an intake station and an output station, which can be actuated independently of each other; a storage section with variable receiving capacity arranged between the intake station and the output station; carrier plates to receive unit goods, the carrier plates forming a stack being collected on gondolas; and a conveying device to transport the carrier plates in a circular movement through the intermediate storage, including an intake elevator, provided in a region of the intake station, and an output elevator, provided in a region of the output station, respectively to form and to process stacks that have accumulated in the storage sections, the conveying device including a vertical conveyor provided for each of the intake station and the output station, each of which includes a chain pair including catches for the gondolas, each vertical conveyor being arranged around deflecting wheels at fixed locations, wherein the intermediate storage includes a deflecting device including a drive and a push rod, a movably carried driven slide being arranged on the push rod, and a deflecting element is movably carried at one end of the push rod, and is configured to engage as required with a switching profile arranged on an outer area of the gondola, to move the gondola into a slanting position to prevent a collision with a following gondola.