Storage device for cartridge containers in an installation for producing three-dimensional components

A storage device for cartridge containers in an installation for producing a three-dimensional component by selective solidification by means of a beam acting on a powdered building material,

• having a magazine which has a plurality of storage locations for receiving cartridge containers and which is transferable at least to an emptying/feeding station and to a loading/unloading station,
• having a holding device provided at each storage location, by means of which the cartridge container is fixed to the storage location in an exchangeable manner,
• having an opening provided in the storage location, by means of which a docking port of the emptying/feeding station is connectable to the cartridge container, and
• having a drive which activates a change of the storage locations by a displacement movement of the magazine at least between an emptying/filling position of the emptying/feeding station and the loading/unloading station,
• wherein the feeding station has a docking port which is oriented facing the magazine and comprises a passage in which a closure member for opening and closing the passage is provided,
• wherein the docking port of the feeding station is arranged in a lower starting position in a guide and, after the filled cartridge container has been positioned by the drive of the magazine in the emptying position of the feeding station, the docking port is connected to the connection port of the connecting device, and
• wherein the docking port, by means of a displacement movement by another drive in an upward direction towards the connection port, is fitted and positioned engaging around the connection port externally and the powder material is flowable from the cartridge container through the feeding station.