Method and device for supplying regularly objects to a work station

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus by means of which regular articles are fed to an operating station, the articles having handle elements arranged on two opposite sides, in the case of which the successive articles are advanced up in abutment against one another on a moving transporting path, separated one after the other and fed individually, and in time with the operating cycle, to the operating station. It achieves the object of providing the method such that the articles are advanced up in abutment against one another in a stable position and are fed individually, and without being adversely affected, to the operating station in the longitudinal direction. For this purpose, the articles (G, G.0, G.1, G.2) are advanced up with the opposite sides transverse to the transporting direction and with the handle elements (10) interengaging, and are separated by virtue of the following article (G.2) being pushed back counter to the build-up pressure, caused by the following articles (G), on the transporting path (transporting belt 1), in time with the operating cycle, and the respectively separated article (G1) is guided away transversely to the transporting path (transporting belt 1) and fed to the operating station with the opposite sides along a guide path. A separating arrangement (2) and a turntable (6) which is arranged above a stationary sliding surface (6) at the end of the transporting path (transporting belt 1) form an essential constituent part of the apparatus.

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