Patent ID: 8388764

Claim:
An apparatus for handling an artificial turf, comprising: a separating station to separate infill material from the artificial turf, the separating station including a guide roller over which a strip of the artificial turf is to be passed to allow the infill material to be separated from the strip by way of gravitation, and the separating station including each of: an engagement device to separate infill material from the strip through mechanical engagement with the strip, the engagement device including at least one rotatable girder structure adjacent to the guide roller and arranged to rotatably engage with the underside of the strip to cause the infill material to dislodge, and nozzles to separate infill material from the strip, the nozzles being positioned adjacent to the guide roller and being arranged to direct air jets at filaments of the strip that are forcibly angled away from each other, the filaments being located on a side opposite the underside of the strip.