Patent ID: 6120240
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
Device for separating from each other packs or groups of flat articles, comprising:a channel for advancing the articles;associated with the channel, a plurality of separating fingers which are movable along a closed path comprising a forward portion and a return portion, the forward portion being parallel to the channel and in which the separating fingers advance parallel to and simultaneously with the articles;at least one pair of guides forming the closed path, wherein a first guide of each of said at least one pair of guides is arranged beside a second guide or the first guide is arranged above the second guide and each guide has substantially equal extensions;a plurality of pairs of sliders disposed along said guides, a first slider of each said pair of sliders being disposed in a first guide of said at least one pair of guides, a second slider of each said pair of sliders being disposed in a second guide of said at least one pair of guides and each slider carrying at least one corresponding separating finger of said plurality of separating fingers wherein each finger of each said pair of sliders is introduced between two adjacent packs of articles and moves along the closed path with the articles;a phase displacement means disposed at the end of the forward portion, which temporarily moves said first slider of each said pair of sliders away from the second slider of each said pair of sliders to move one pack of articles away from a following pack.