Patent ID: 6290223
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
Device for individually supplying flat products (P) to a processing station, including a feed attachment (2) having a wall (4) with substantially vertical orientation, against which the products are juxtaposed, and a system (16) for extracting said products to feed them one by one to the processing station, characterised in that the extraction system includes:means (18) for applying a force to press against said wall the product (P1) which is nearest thereto,means (40) for driving said nearest product to move it upwards,grasping means (42) for loading said product when it has been moved over a predetermined distance by said driving means,means (72) for detecting the loading of the product by said grasping means, these detection means being capable of supplying a detection signal andcontrol means (28) responding to said detection signal to control said applying means so that they exert said force as long as the product has not been loaded by the grasping means and cease applying said force as soon as the product has been loaded, so as to cause the products other than the product in contact with the wall to fall back into the feed attachment.