Apparatus and method of manipulation of articles
OwnerPascal Martiniinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus (100) for manipulating articles initially disposed in a stack (S), which apparatus (100) comprises a moveable head (2) and a receptacle (5), the receptacle (5) being disposable adjacent a stack (S) of articles and the moveable head (2) being operable to abut and transfer selected articles from the stack (S) into the receptacle (5). The receptacle (5) is a comb-like box which makes it possible to deposit the articles on a roller conveyor (7).
Claims23
An apparatus for manipulating articles initially disposed in a stack, which apparatus comprises a moveable head and a receptacle, the receptacle being disposable adjacent a stack of articles and the moveable head being operable to abut and transfer a selected group of articles from the stack into the receptacle.
A method of manipulating articles initially disposed in a stack, which method comprises moving a moveable head in a first direction into abutment with a selected group of articles in the stack and moving the moveable head in a second direction to transfer the selected group of articles from the stack into a receptacle disposed adjacent the stack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.