Patent ID: 7036655

Claim:
A method by means of which regular articles with handle elements arranged on two opposite sides are fed to an operating station, in the case of which the successive articles are advanced up in abutment against one another on a moving transporting path, separated one after the other and fed individually, and in time with the operating cycle, to the operating station, comprising the following steps: advancing the articles (G, G. 0 , G. 1 , G. 2 ) up with the opposite sides transverse to the transporting direction and with the handle elements ( 10 ) interengaging; separating the articles by virtue of the following article (G. 2 ) being pushed back counter to the build-up pressure, caused by the following articles (G), on the transporting path ( 1 ), in time with the operating cycle, and separating the article (G. 1 ) guided away transversely to the transporting path (transporting belt 1 ) and fed to the operating station with the opposite sides along a guide path, in particular, an inclined guide path.