Patent ID: 6443292
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
An arrangement for separating adjacent packages, which are supplied in and out of the arrangement by transport elements, characterized by the following elements:a plurality of rows of lifting mechanisms (2), which are disposed one behind the other in the transport direction, and between which narrow, endless transport belts (1) are located; first elements (5) for detecting packages at the end of the transport belts (1); second elements (3, 4) for ascertaining the position and base shape of the packages at the end of the incoming phase, in which the front package(s) has (have) reached the end of the transport belts (1); a control device (6), which assures the following procedure in connection with the first and second elements: the packages are supplied by the incoming transport element (14) and the transport belts (1) until the front package(s) (9) has (have) reached the end of the transport belts (1), with the transport plane of the transport belts (1) being located above the tappets of the lifting mechanisms (2); the transport belts (1) are moved downward, or the lifting mechanisms (2) are moved and/or actuated such that at least the tappets are in their upper end position above the transport plane of the transport belts (1) on which packages (8, 9) are located; the transport belts (1) and the transport element are set in motion for transporting the packages (8, 9) away; the tappets of the lifting mechanisms are lowered into the lower end positions such that the transport belts (1) only transport one of the packages (8, 9) away, a process that cannot be impeded by the other packages; and a further receiving cycle starts when the last package is transported away, and the incoming packages are separated.