Patent ID: 6402134
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A method of separating flat, stacked products, which are fed individually, at a distance from one another and lying one behind another, to a further processing process, the method comprising:first lifting an uppermost product, at least partially off the stack of products and subsequently transporting away the lifted product in a transport direction to the further processing process, the transport direction forming an angle (&agr;) in the range from 30Â° to 150Â° with the vertical axis of the stack of products, wherein the products are transported away in such a way that as a product that still partially overlaps the stack with its trailing edge region is being transported away, a following product is already being lifted off the stack of products, in its trailing edge region, to be transported away, and providing an overhead outlet section which receives the uppermost product and guides it further in the transport direction, the overhead outlet section being located in a position at least partially overlapping the stack of products.