Patent ID: 7175382
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A device for dividing a pile of laminar products into packs and for separating said packs from one another, comprising: a path of advance of said pile of laminar products; a plurality of individual separator fingers; at least one guide along said path of advance defining a closed path for said plurality of individual separator fingers with an advance stretch and a return stretch, at least the advance stretch being substantially parallel to the path of advance of said pile of laminar products; and at least one separating member constructed and arranged to include a movement of insertion and extraction with respect to said pile of laminar products set in a vicinity of an end of said advance stretch of said guide, said movement being synchronized with a movement of advance of said laminar products along said path of advance, in such a way that said separating member inserts itself between a contiguous first pack and a second pack of laminar products, between which a single separator finger of said plurality of individual separator fingers is inserted, and said separating member temporarily withholds the pile of laminar products while said single separator finger is moved further along said path of advance to thereby move said first pack away from said second pack followed by removal of said single separator finger from between said first pack and said second pack; wherein said separating member has a stem that inserts between said contiguous first pack and said second pack of laminar products in a position corresponding to said single separator finger set between said first pack and said second pack; and, wherein each separator finger of said plurality of individual separator fingers has a guide groove therein for guiding said stem, said guide groove being orthogonal to said direction of advance of the first pack and the second pack.