---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000002277"
title: "Unit and method for transferring articles"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:11:56.088824Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002277"
categories:
  - "material-handling/conveying-systems"
keywords:
  - "b65g47/53"
  - "b65g47/902"
  - "b65g47/96"
  - "b65g2203/0291"
  - "b65g2203/0291"
  - "b65g47/53"
---

# Unit and method for transferring articles

## Abstract

A transfer unit includes a first transfer element provided with a first support structure to receive an article, and a conveyor to receive the article from the first transfer element, positioned at a vertical height which is lower than the first support structure and movable along a transport direction. The first transfer element is moved by an actuation device between a receiving station in which the first transfer element receives the article and a storage station in which the first transfer element releases the article onto said conveyor. The transfer unit also includes a rotation unit to rotate the first support structure about a first rotation axis from a support configuration in which the article is supported by the first support structure to a discharge configuration in which the article is free to fall from the first transfer element onto the conveyor.