Item individualization station

An item individualization station comprising:

• a supply deck having a deck surface parallel to an X-Y plane of a Cartesian coordinate system, said deck surface having an opening therein through which a rotatable drum projects so as to interact, in an individualization region, with a lowermost flat item of a stack of flat items situated upstream of said individualization region in a transport direction of said flat items along said supply deck that proceeds parallel to the x-direction of the Cartesian coordinate system;
• a contact pressure box mounted by a linkage above said deck surface so as to pivot, at a pivot downstream of said individualization region, and thereby allow said contact pressure box to be movable in the z-direction of the Cartesian coordinate system;
• an individualization assembly mounted on an individualization carrier that is installed at an opposite end of said linkage from said pivot, so as to form an L-shape with said linkage and thereby allowing said individualization carrier, and said individualization assembly thereon, to be deflected by a distance above said deck surface that is variable dependent on a thickness of said lowermost flat good;
• an adjustment assembly on said individualization carrier that allows adjustment of said individualization assembly on said individualization carrier in both directions along the y-axis of said Cartesian coordinate system;
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• said individualization carrier having a stop side, against which at least one flat item in said stack above said lowermost flat item abuts, that, when said individualization carrier is not deflected, is parallel the y-z plane of said Cartesian coordinate system and extends parallel to said y-axis.