Separating apparatus for glass slabs comprising: - a supporting structure , - winding/unwinding means of a spacing wire for spacing the glass slabs , - lifting means connected to the supporting structure and to the winding/unwinding means and configured for lifting/lowering the winding/unwinding means between a lower position and an upper position, in order to keep the spacing wire in contact with a glass slab during the storage operations of mutually abutted glass slabs , to allow storing them separated by at least one spacing wire interposed between two adjacent glass slabs , wherein the winding/unwinding means are composed of at least one reel rotatably connected to the lifting means ; and wherein the lifting means are composed of an oscillating support comprising two arms connected by a first rotation shaft of the support and by a second rotation shaft of the reels , said shafts being transverse to the arms , said separating apparatus being characterized in that it comprises: - fastening means of an end of the spacing wire , - actuating means controlled by a control system and configured for actuating the winding/unwinding means and the lifting means in order to keep the spacing wire taut between the fastening means and the winding/unwinding means , and - clutching means associated with the winding/unwinding means and designed to allow the recovery of the spacing wire during its rewinding, the clutching means comprising a clutch connected to the reel and configured for recovering of the spacing wire during its rewinding. - a supporting structure , - winding/unwinding means of a spacing wire for spacing the glass slabs , - lifting means connected to the supporting structure and to the winding/unwinding means and configured for lifting/lowering the winding/unwinding means between a lower position and an upper position, in order to keep the spacing wire in contact with a glass slab during the storage operations of mutually abutted glass slabs , to allow storing them separated by at least one spacing wire interposed between two adjacent glass slabs , wherein the winding/unwinding means are composed of at least one reel rotatably connected to the lifting means ; and wherein the lifting means are composed of an oscillating support comprising two arms connected by a first rotation shaft of the support and by a second rotation shaft of the reels , said shafts being transverse to the arms , said separating apparatus being characterized in that it comprises: - fastening means of an end of the spacing wire , - actuating means controlled by a control system and configured for actuating the winding/unwinding means and the lifting means in order to keep the spacing wire taut between the fastening means and the winding/unwinding means , and - clutching means associated with the winding/unwinding means and designed to allow the recovery of the spacing wire during its rewinding, the clutching means comprising a clutch connected to the reel and configured for recovering of the spacing wire during its rewinding. - fastening means of an end of the spacing wire , - actuating means controlled by a control system and configured for actuating the winding/unwinding means and the lifting means in order to keep the spacing wire taut between the fastening means and the winding/unwinding means , and - clutching means associated with the winding/unwinding means and designed to allow the recovery of the spacing wire during its rewinding, the clutching means comprising a clutch connected to the reel and configured for recovering of the spacing wire during its rewinding. <EOS>