Patent ID: 8191890
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: B07C,B65H

Abstract:
1. A singulator device for standard postal objects and extended postal objects configured for receiving at input groups of standard/extended plane rectangular postal objects grouped in packs and supplying at output singulated standard/extended postal objects, the device comprising: a singulator system; a resting surface for the packs of postal objects; a drawing system that displaces the packs towards said singulator system designed to withdraw individually the postal objects that form a front end face of the pack; the postal objects forming the front face of the pack abut against a gripping portion that moves the objects in a direction transverse to that of advance, separating them from the pack; supporting means configured for providing abutments on opposite top end portions of the packs comprising extended postal objects to keep the extended postal objects with planes thereof lying substantially perpendicular to the direction of advance and to prevent the extended postal objects from possibly bending towards the adjacent packs formed by standard postal objects, the supporting means include a plurality of supporting units each of which is designed to couple with a respective pack of the extended postal objects; and a supporting unit including a first abut element and a second abut element, the distance between which, in the direction of advance, is adjustable in order to arrange the first and second abut elements against a top portion of a front face and, respectively, a rear face of the pack of the extended postal objects, each of the first and second abut elements move under the thrust of an actuator with a motion synchronized with the motion of the drawing system for accompanying the pack of the extended postal objects and preventing, as a result of the abut provided by the first and second abut elements, the extended postal objects from possibly bending towards the packs of standard postal objects.