Storage device with variable storage capacity.

摘要

Storage device with variable storage capacity, in particular for storing products rodlike, with an inlet region (47), an outlet region (48) and a continuous conveying element (62) connecting the inlet region (47) with the exit region (48), so that the store (10) works on the principle of "first iN you first out" (FIFO), in which the transport element ( 62), which is guided by guide elements as a loop from the inlet region (47) to the outlet region (48) has a region multilayer storage usually provided with products, namely a so-called full strand (66) and a region usually free multilayer return products, namely a so-called empty strand (67), offsetting the two regions in length depending on the charge level store (10), such that the length total element transport (62) is constant, the branch full (66) and the empty strand (67) in a common horizontal plane being arranged, and having, respectively, spaced apart guide (19, 20, 33, 34, 51, 53), wherein the branch full (66) and the empty strand (67) are arranged one after another in the longitudinal direction of the storage device (10), and each layer of the full strand (66) is allocated a corresponding layer vacuum (67) in the same plane branch, and in that the storage device (10) has along its two longitudinal sides guides (61) arranged one above the other for guiding the conveying element (62), so that the full branch (66) and the empty strand (67) use the same guides (61) for guiding the conveying element (62).