Patent ID: 7089711

Claim:
A feeder for feeding products to a conveyor of a packaging line, the conveyor being provided with transport pushers, said feeder comprising: a magazine for storing a stack of products, the magazine including a plurality of guides, the dimensions of the magazine being settable through the setting of the plurality of guides; and at least one sensor in communication with at least one of the plurality of guides, a position of the at least one guide being sensed by the at least one sensor, wherein a signal from the at least one sensor can be sent to a control of the packaging line, to set at least a moment of delivery of a document from the feeder, and the control is arranged to determine the moment of delivery by processing the position of the at least one guide sensed by the at least one sensor and the position of the transport pushers of the conveyor, such that the moment of delivery is automatically synchronized with the transport pushers.