Intermediate storage device and stacking unit with intermediate storage device

Abstract

The intermediate storage device (18) for taking stacks (14) of flat products (16) from a supplying device (10) connected upstream, for storing the stacks (14) in a temporary manner and for the subsequent delivery of the stacks (14) to a stack processing device (20) connected downstream, has at least one conveying means (36) with an upper run (34), which is displaceable in a conveying direction (T) and on which, for conveying the stack (14), a bottommost flat product (16u) of the stack (14) rests at least in a partial manner. The intermediate storage device (18) has, in addition, a control device (68), which generates a signal for controlling a conveying speed of the conveying means (36). According to the invention, the control device (68) is capable of receiving a control signal from the supplying device (10) connected upstream and an additional control signal from the stack processing device (20) connected downstream and, in dependence on the control signal and on the additional control signal, is capable of controlling the conveying speed of the conveying means (36) adapting it to the pulsing of the supplying device (10) and of the stack processing device (20).

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