Patent ID: 6971216
Filing Date: 2005-12-06
Classification: B65B,B65G,B67B

Abstract:
1. A device for singling out items, the items delivered from a feeder which conveys said items to an outlet channel and towards an end section, said device comprising: compacting means placed along said outlet channel for gathering said items one behind the other in a continuous row at said end section; abutment and catching means for abutting and catching a series of single items and each successive leading item of said row of items at said end section; extracting and conveying means for driving said abutment and catching means, and for passing said items in a direction of extraction at said end section and transferring and placing said series of singled out items at a handling station; said extracting and conveying means including a reciprocating driving belt situated close to said outlet channel, facing said end section of the outlet channel; said abutment and catching means including a plate carried by said driving belt, and a comb connected to said plate, on a longitudinal side facing said end section; a series of recesses made in said comb and spaced from one another, said recesses having a shape for receiving in abutment and for holding, with respect to the direction of extraction, a respective single item; and, a series of catching ramps made in said comb and converging towards each recess of the series of recesses, said catching ramps, following passage of the comb in said direction of extraction at the end section of the channel, adapted for individually and successively catching respective leading items conveyed by said outlet channel towards said end section and released by the abutment means, and for accompanying each of said singled out items into a respective recess.