APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING A STACK PORTION WITH A SEPARATOR ELEMENT AND A DEVICE FOR GRIPPING A PROTRUDING MARKER

摘要

An apparatus for packaging article goods, such as paper goods, forming a stack comprises a conveyor (1) adapted to carry a continuous stack formed by individual objects, such as envelopes, as well as a displacer device along one side of the stack advancing path provided with a detector (6) for a count object (2) protruding from the stack and a separator element (4) adapted to penetrate into the stack for producing a gap between a stack portion to be separated first from the stack and the rest of the stack. The apparatus includes also a pusher element (5) which is located at the front separator element (4) in the advancing direction of the conveyor (1) and adapted to move across the stack advancing path for displacing said stack portion to a further processing unit located along the other side of the advancing path. The separator element (4) is aligned with a gripper (7) which is adapted to clasp the protruding count object (2).