Patent ID: 11873181
Assignee: SERPA PACKAGING SOLUTIONS LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A system for separating and feeding packaged items, comprising:
a. an upstream feeder magazine having a track for advancing a row of individually packaged items to a picking station disposed downstream of the feeder magazine, and
b. said picking station operable to perform a picking operation which removes said individually packaged items individually from said row of individually packaged items in said feeder magazine, said picking station comprising:
i. a stop tab operable to hold a leading individually packaged item in said feeder magazine,
ii. a picking mechanism operable to remove said leading individually packaged item from said feeder magazine and deliver said leading individually packaged item to a downstream location,
wherein said system is operable to perform said picking operation in repetition to separate and deliver said individually packaged items individually to said downstream location;
wherein, during each picking operation, the stop tab is moved away from the feeder magazine to enable picking of said leading individually packaged item by said picking mechanism.