Patent ID: 6017030
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A device for separation of individual planar, flexible products from a first stack thereof comprising:a substantially horizontal, hollow circular support having a center and a perimeter, a plurality of rollers spaced apart around said perimeter, each of said rollers having a surface, said rollers tapering radially inwardly from their bases at said perimeter to their inner ends, said support being rotatable about said center in a rotation direction,each of said products being substantially rectangular and having a first portion and a second portion, said first portion located in said rotation direction relative to said second portion,a vacuum sucker connected to a vacuum source which contacts said second portion when said second portion projects between a first roller and an adjacent second roller, said vacuum sucker pulling said second portion beneath said second roller,whereby, as said rollers are driven in said rotation direction, said second portion of said product is drawn beneath said second roller.