Lift hook for a sheet separating device
AssigneeHeidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
InventorsMehmet Oktay Kaya, Heiner Philipp Luxem, Peter John Banks, Anthony Philip Broadbent
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Abstract
An apparatus for separating a flat product from a pile of flat products set operators comprising a lift hook being movable from a closing position to an opening position. The lift hook supports the bottom of a pile of flat products in its closing position and includes an air channel for supplying air through said channel. Alternatively, a separate air tube may be provided.
Claims18
An apparatus for separating flat products from a pile of flat products, the apparatus comprising:
- a lift hook movable from a closing position to an opening position and having a surface opposite a bottom of a pile of flat products, the surface supporting the bottom of the pile of flat products in the closing position,
- wherein the lift hook has an air channel therein for supplying air through the air channel, the air channel having an outlet on the surface opposite the bottom of the pile.
An apparatus for separating flat products from a pile of flat products, the apparatus comprising:
- a lift hook movable from a closing position to an opening position and having a surface opposite the bottom of the pile, the surface supporting the bottom of the pile of flat products in the closing position, the surface opposite the bottom having an outlet;
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- an air inlet for supplying air to the outlet opposite a bottom of the pile of flat products so as to project at least one air stream therefrom.
A method for separating flat products from a pile of flat products, the method comprising:
- providing a lift hook moveable from a closing portion to an opening position and having a surface opposite a bottom of a pile of flat products for supporting the bottom of the pile of flat products in the closing position, the lift hook having an air channel therein, the surface opposite the bottom having an outlet;
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- supplying air through the air channel to the outlet so as to project at least one air stream.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.