Patent ID: 8226082

Claim:
An apparatus for conveying products from a stack to an output, comprising: a stack area configured for receiving a stack of a plurality of products, wherein the stack area comprises a base plate with a surface for receiving the products and a stop transversal to a stacking direction of the products; a guiding element extending to the output; and a transport mechanism configured for acting on one or several of the products in the stack for conveying the products in the direction of the output, such that edges of the products abut on the guiding element, wherein the transport mechanism is implemented such that one transport element of the transport mechanism is disposed above the surface of the base plate during a movement from a first position to a second position, for raising at least part of the products in the stack, for moving them in the raised position in the direction of the guiding element and the stop, and for lowering them on the surface of the base plate, the direction having an angle with respect to a feed direction of the products and with respect to the direction of the output.