Patent ID: 8708156

Claim:
A device for separating cardboard components from bulk waste paper, having a sorting unit which includes a feeding area ( 1 ), on which the bulk waste paper is fed to a receiving device ( 3 ) equipped with spikes ( 2 ) and the feeding area ( 1 ) is designed such that the spikes ( 2 ) essentially skewer only the cardboard components of the bulk waste paper fed into the feeding area ( 1 ), characterized in that at least one of the spikes ( 2 ) is connected to the receiving device ( 3 ) such that at least one of the spikes can be displaced upon application of a prespecified force and wherein a connection element ( 2 a ) is provided for connecting purposes, where said connection element ( 2 a ) is designed such that the connection element is essentially rigid when a force is applied in the longitudinal direction of the spike ( 2 ) and essentially flexible if the force is applied in other directions.