Unstacker apparatus having a retractable blower member
AssigneeSolystic
InventorsDamien Hugues, Robert Vivant
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Abstract
Unstacker apparatus (1) for unstacking flat items (E), the unstacker apparatus comprising a flat item feed magazine (M) in which the flat items are disposed in a stack and on edge and are moved in a certain direction (D) until they reach an unstacking plate (6) disposed in alignment with said feed magazine, whereupon they are ejected one-by-one in a perpendicular direction (P) that is perpendicular to said certain direction (D), the unstacker apparatus further comprising a blower member (13) which is disposed so as to blow a jet of air onto the flat items, and which is mounted in a manner such as to be retractable into the unstacking plate.
Claims8
Unstacker apparatus for unstacking flat items, the unstacker apparatus comprising a flat item feed magazine, an unstacking plate disposed in alignment with said feed magazine, wherein said feed magazine is configured such that flat items disposed in a stack and on edge are moved in a certain direction until they reach said unstacking plate disposed in alignment with said feed magazine, said unstacking plate being configured such that the flat items are ejected one-by-one in a perpendicular direction that is perpendicular to said certain direction, the unstacker apparatus further comprising a blower member disposed so as to blow a jet of air onto the flat items, wherein said blower member is mounted in a manner such as to be retractable into the unstacking plate.
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