Assembly of a loading means and a strip stacker

Assembly comprising:

• a feed conveyor having an input end and an output end for transporting an unvulcanized rubber strip in a transport direction;
• a strip stacker comprising a depositing mechanism having a receiving end for receiving the unvulcanized rubber strip from the feed conveyor, a depositing end and a pair of conveyor belts for transporting the unvulcanized rubber strip vertically therebetween from the receiving end to the depositing end, the depositing mechanism being provided with means for reciprocably moving the depositing end;
• a loading means with a horizontal loading surface for receiving the unvulcanized rubber strip from the depositing end of the depositing mechanism, said loading means being provided with means for variably adjusting the distance between the depositing end and the loading surface;
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• a means for moving the output end of the feed conveyor substantially transversely across the transport direction by rotating the feed conveyor about a substantially fixed point at the input end thereof.