Patent ID: 6359954
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: G06M

Abstract:
An apparatus for counting flexible flat objects arranged in an overlapping formation, comprising a conveying device which is driven at a conveying speed in a conveying direction and so as to convey the objects, a detection device which includes an activation element which can be moved along a movement path which has at least one section extending at least approximately in the conveying direction, and a detection element which interacts with the activation element, and a drive which moves the activation element cyclically along said movement path and such that during at least its movement along said one section of its movement path the activation element moves at a higher speed than the conveying speed and is brought into interaction with a rear region of each object conveyed past the detection device, the detection device emitting a signal to a counter when the activation element interacts with the respective object, wherein the activation element is constructed as an insertion element which is inserted into the rear end region of the respective object or between the latter and the following object, and the detection element is arranged opposite the insertion element in order to form a counting barrier.