Patent ID: 8235200

Claim:
A device for grouping and/or separating of articles transported on a conveyor device along a conveying plane in at least a row in an essentially closed stream comprising: at least one separating finger grouping the articles and being inserted into the stream from below, transverse to the conveying direction, the at least one separating finger including at least two separating fingers mounted parallel to each other on a common carrier and being inserted in the stream in such a way that a targeted article and the articles following the targeted article are slightly delayed or accelerated during their forward movement in the conveying direction to form a gap, the separating fingers having an even contact surface contacting the outer surface of the article and each row of articles being assigned two parallel separating fingers, each assigned to a lateral edge of the row, so that the two fingers contact both sides of the article, and guide rails laterally placed with respect to the articles to form the row, the articles gliding along the guide rails.