Patent ID: 7172064

Claim:
A device for feeding a planar section, of a wall element, in relation to one or more working stations, the planar section having an upper portion and a lower portion, and intermediate portions interconnecting the upper portion with the lower portion, the device comprising: a first conveyor that conveys one of the upper portion or the lower portion of the wall element; and a second conveyor that conveys the other of the upper portion and the lower portion, the second conveyor extending parallel with the first conveyor and is switchable for increasing or decreasing a distance between the conveyors, wherein said first and second conveyors are disposed to cooperate with carriers displaceable back and forth along the first and second conveyors for displacement of the portions along the first and second conveyors and the carriers are disposed substantially simultaneously to grasp about the upper portion and lower portion, respectively, and to displace the upper portion and lower portion along the first and second conveyors together with the intermediate portions.