Patent ID: 6960058

Claim:
Device for handling of articles ( 8 ) in order to separate the articles from a stack ( 4 ) or to combine the articles into a stack, comprising: a stacking wheel ( 1 ) located between an end of a stack ( 4 ) of articles ( 8 ) and a supply device ( 6 ) for supplying individual articles ( 8 ), a frame-mounted roller ( 28 ) located coaxial to an axis ( 3 ) of rotation of the stacking wheel ( 1 ), receivers ( 18 ) located on the stacking wheel ( 1 ), the receivers ( 18 ) for receiving the articles ( 8 ) which are to be stacked or unstacked, wherein, the receivers ( 18 ) are holding means to hold one article ( 8 ) at a time, the receivers ( 18 ) are provided with holding plates ( 20 ) for holding one article ( 8 ), the holding plates ( 20 ) are pivotally supported on the stacking wheel ( 1 ), the holding plates ( 20 ) comprise coupling devices ( 42 ) that fix on one article ( 8 ) at a time, rollers ( 24 ) are connected to the holding plates ( 20 ), and an endless element ( 22 ) is placed over all the rollers ( 24 ) and also over the frame-mounted roller ( 28 ).