Patent ID: 8235202

Claim:
A conveying apparatus for transporting objects from a first station to a working station comprising a first controllable conveyor T 1 with a first conveying path in a conveying direction, a second controllable conveyor T 2 with a second conveying path in a conveying direction and a linear conveying unit, and a control unit connected to controllable drives of said first and second conveyors and to said linear conveying unit, wherein said conveying paths overlap partly in an overlapping zone for transferring an object conveyed by said first conveyor to said second conveyor at a take over position in the overlapping zone, wherein said linear conveying unit is automatically controlled by said control unit to effect a controllable variable conveying travel from the take over position onwards, and wherein said control unit is configured and operable to accommodate objects of different lengths in the conveying direction by varying the travel of said linear conveying unit of said second controllable conveyor.