Patent ID: 8302759

Claim:
A product accumulate device comprising an accumulation means that accumulates a product sequentially supplied from a product supply means, wherein: the accumulation means is composed of: a rotary member having a product contact surface relative to the product supplied from the product supply means; and a guide member that is provided with the rotary member and shifts the product from the product contact surface to a direction perpendicular to the product contact surface by rotation of the rotary member, the guide member has one end that is fixed to an external periphery end of the product contact surface of the rotary member, the guide member being constructed by a blade-shaped or a rod-shaped member that spirally extends from the one end to a direction perpendicular to the product contact surface, the rotary member is arranged in pairs so that the product extends over the product contact surface, a retaining means is provided so as to retain every predetermined number of the product accumulated by the accumulation means, and the retaining means is composed of a received-side plate and a pushed-side plate where the accumulated product is pinched therebetween, and the pushed-side plate is arranged between the pairs of rotary members.