Patent ID: 6843359

Claim:
Automatic feed device for separating individual publishing products of varying thickness and size, comprising a first conveyer belt ( 13 ) and a second conveyor belt ( 14 ) in a scaled arrangement, the first conveyor belt ( 13 ) being partially on top of the second conveyor belt ( 14 ) said automatic feed device comprising a bearing structure ( 15 ), at least one pair of manipulator members ( 19 ) which, one at a time, grip, through relative gripping members ( 27 , 32 , 33 ), the publishing products ( 12 ), on the first conveyor belt ( 13 ) and thereafter lay down said publishing products ( 12 ) on the second conveyor belt ( 14 ) separate from one another, said manipulators ( 19 ) being alternately mobile forwards and backwards between said first and second conveyor belts ( 13 , 14 ) and being able to oscillate to determine both the gripping of the individual publishing products ( 12 ) and the subsequent laying down thereof of said publishing products ( 12 ) in two predetermined positions on said first and second conveyor belts ( 13 , 14 ).