Method and device for feeding flat items to individualization
CA 2319910 A1 · Owner: Ferag Ag · Inventors: Furter, Frank
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Flat items (2) which have an irregular and/or changeable thickness profile are individualized from a substantially lying stack (3/5) wherein the stack , serves as, buffer between the individualization and the supply of the items (2) and wherein the, items (2) arranged in the stack are guided in a stack channel (1) towards the individualization. In order to allow individualization speeds in the range of several, tens of thousands of items per hour the items (2) are supplied to a pre-stack (3) in, which the items are conveyed towards individualization in a loose order and being, individually laterally guided, the pre-stack (3) is transformed into an individualizing, stack (5) and the …
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- Filed September 15, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 15, 2020.
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