A bottom-belt bunker which receives and delivers particles for the manufacture of fiberboards, chipboards, or the like, and containing cellulose, is disposed upstream of a glue applicator or a front of a forming station. A centrally located feed opening is associated with a drivable auger disposed transverse to the longitudinal extension of the bunker. The auger has a pair of opposed helical blades or flights. A shoveling slide having an adjustable stroke is disposed beneath the auger and partially encompasses the same, the length of the slide being smaller than half the width of the bunker and/or half the length of the auger. Terminal positions of the reciprocating slide are disposed at a spacing from the side of the bunker and the average moving speed of the slide is approximately half that of the velocity of the helical blades of the auger.
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