| 摘要 |
An apparatus having a rotary member which utilizes various forces acting upon articles when rotated on a surface of the member for singulating the articles. The rotary member has a surface that forms an angle theta to a horizontal plane where the angle theta is between about 0 DEG and 200 DEG . A motor and coupling elements couple the motor to the surface and the surface is rotated about an axis at about 10 to 15 RPM. The surface of the device has a coefficient of friction with respect to the articles such that the articles entering onto the surface at the region of ingress are moved toward a stationary wall circumscribing the surface. Outboard articles, i.e., articles that are lodged in an abutting relationship with the wall, are translated while the inboard stacked articles, i.e., articles against which the outboard articles are stacked and abut the wall, remain in a temporary but relatively motionless condition such that the outboard articles tend to move with the rotating surface and become singulated before a region of egress is reached.
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