Patent ID: 9682407
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B07C,B65G

Claim:
1. An apparatus for singulating load items, with a group of delivery apparatuses for delivering load items, wherein there is associated with each delivery apparatus a first singulation apparatus for singulating the load items delivered with that delivery apparatus and there is, downstream of the first singulation apparatuses of the group of delivery apparatuses which form a first singulation stage, a second singulation stage for singulating load items not singulated in the first singulation stage, wherein the second singulation stage comprises a second singulation apparatus and a detection system associated with it for detecting load items not singulated by the second singulation apparatus, with, downstream of the second singulation stage, a third singulation stage for singulating load items not singulated in the second singulation stage, comprising a station where a third singulation of load items not singulated by the second singulation stage occurs, the third singulation stage being the same or different from the first singulation stage or the second singulation stage, a discharge path for discharging load items singulated in the first, second and third singulation stages, wherein there is, downstream of the first singulation apparatus, a separating apparatus for separating singulated and non-singulated load items, with which non-singulated load items can be delivered to the second singulation stage, and singulated load items can be delivered to the discharge path, and there is, downstream of the second singulation stage, a separating apparatus for separating singulated load items, with which non-singulated load items can be delivered to the third singulation stage and singulated load items can be delivered to the discharge path.