Reservoir and method for operating the reservoir

A reservoir, comprising:

• at least one feed station equipped with a feed transfer device and associated or associable with a respective feed line for feeding articles;
• at least one pickup station equipped with a pickup transfer device and associated or associable with a respective removal line for removing articles;
• a movable support provided with a plurality of receiving seats for receiving single articles and configured to move the receiving seats along a closed path passing through the feed station and the pickup station so that the articles are fed to the movable support by the feed transfer device and the articles are removed from the movable support by the pickup transfer device ;
• detecting means for detecting a filled condition of at least some of the receiving seats;
• a control unit connected to the detecting means and configured to drive the transfer devices according to a logic of variable transfer frequency as a function of the filled condition received from the detecting means.