Patent ID: 7824250

Claim:
A magazine for storage rods for receiving sausage-shaped products, comprising one or a plurality of vertically extending shafts in which the storage rods are to be arranged one above the other, and a separation means at the bottom end of each respective shaft for releasing the bottommost storage rod, wherein the width of the respective shaft is adapted to the rod width to ensure unimpeded successive movement of the storage rods located thereabove, wherein the separation means are provided at least at one of the two end faces of the shaft ( 2 ) with retention devices ( 4 , 5 ) which are arranged one above the other and can be moved into the interior of the shaft for successive operating positions, wherein in a first operating position the two retention devices ( 4 , 5 ) project into the interior of the shaft and the bottommost storage rod ( 7 ) rests on the upper retention device ( 4 ), in a second operating position the upper retention device ( 4 ) is removed from the interior of the shaft and the bottommost storage rod ( 7 ) rests on the lower retention device ( 5 ), in a third operating position both the upper retention device ( 4 ) and the lower retention device ( 5 ) project into the interior of the shaft, and in a fourth operating position the lower retention device ( 5 ) is removed form the interior of the shaft to release the bottommost storage rod.