Patent ID: 6332607
Filing Date: 2001-12-25
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
An apparatus for individually separating outer sheets or outer sets of sheets of a stack, comprising:a holder with a support structure for holding the stack stacked in a stacking direction with an outer sheet or an outer set of sheets in a particular initial position,a suction assembly for generating, in the area of said initial position, a suction for applying suction to at least a portion of the outer sheet or outer set of sheets of the stack, for displacing said at least one portion of said outer sheet or said outer set of sheets from said initial position away from the stack to a discharge position, anda discharge structure for discharging a sheet or a set of sheets from said discharge position away from the stack,wherein the suction assembly generates said suction in a pulsed manner and includes a suction opening via which the suction is applied in a position spaced from said initial position only, said suction opening being reciprocably movable between two positions at different distances from said initial position in the stacking direction.