Patent ID: 8915171

Claim:
A device for unloading flat articles having portions fashioned by cutting from a work plane, the portions having designs or writings reproduced thereon, the device comprising: a loading magazine ( 3 ) in which flat articles to be cut are stacked; a transferring device for transferring a flat article (A) located at a head of a stack from the loading magazine ( 3 ) to the work plane ( 2 ); a cutting unit ( 21 ) cooperating with the work plane ( 2 ), for cutting the article (A) resting thereon; at least one collecting magazine; wherein the work plane is defined by zones, each zone having at least one first hole ( 29 ), the first holes being selectively connectable to a compressed air source; a plate 50 , arranged horizontally, and being subdivided into sections, each section including a second hole ( 51 ) opening into a lower surface of the plate ( 50 ), the second holes ( 51 ) being selectively connectable to an aspirating source (S); an activator for vertically and horizontally moving the plate to a first position (O) in which the lower surface of the plate adheres to the cut article situated on the work plane, and a second position (Q) in which the plate is situated above the collecting magazine; a control and command board (C) for controlling the activator, the compressed air source (Sc) and the aspirating source (S), for connecting, in phase relation with the first position (O), the aspirating source (S) with at least one or more of the second holes ( 51 ) facing the article (A), and the source of compressed air (Sc) with at least one or more of the first holes ( 29 ) covered by the article, and to subsequently direct the raising of the plate ( 50 ), actuated in phase relation with the disconnecting of the first holes ( 29 ) from the source of compressed air (Sc), with a consequent engaging of the article to the plate ( 5 ), so as to position the plate ( 5 ) in a second position (Q), and finally to disconnect the second holes ( 51 ) from the aspirating source, with a consequent release of the cut article (A) from the plate.