Apparatus for separating article groups of predetermined length

Details Apparatus for separating article groups of predetermined length Apparatus for separating article groups of predetermined length

1985-07-30

1986-09-16

Valenza, Joseph E.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor system for establishing and moving a group of items

By shifting group of items simultaneously from stream...

53542, 198426, 414 49, B65G 4726

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046117059

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for separating article groups of predetermined length from an article stack of indefinite length, comprises a conveyor for advancing the article stack in a conveying direction; a pickup element arranged for a back-and-forth displacement parallel to the conveying direction and for being periodically abutted by a momentarily leading article of the stack; and at least two separating elements upstream of the pickup element and spaced from one another parallel to the conveying direction. The separating elements are moved towards the conveyor to introduce them into the article stack for forming a first article group between two separating elements and a second article group between the pickup element and the separating element adjacent the pickup element. The separating elements are also moved in synchronism with the pickup element, in the conveying direction away from the conveyor. The separating elements push the article groups onto a transfer tray which periodically deposits the article groups onto a further conveyor.

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