Patent ID: 8172221

Claim:
An apparatus for continuous singling of loose sheet material comprising: a singler arranged to single stacks of loose sheet material; a feeding device arranged to move the stacks of loose sheet material to be singled into a position where sheet material may be grasped by the singler and to transport the singled sheets away from the singler, wherein the feeding device comprises a first, substantially single-axis moved feeding element and a second, substantially multi-axis moved feeding element; an area arranged to receive stacks of loose sheet material to be singled, said area being divided into a first subarea and a second subarea, wherein the first and second subareas adjoin each other, and wherein the second subarea comprises an input area for receiving manually inputted stacks of loose sheet material to be singled; and a first sensor configured to detect a presence of an operator, wherein, upon the first feeding element receiving a first manually inputted stack of loose sheet material and the sensor not detecting the presence of an operator, the first feeding element is lowered in a way such that the first feeding element is arranged to receive additional manually inputted stacks of loose sheet material on top of the first inputted stack of loose sheet material.