Separating apparatus with wobbling take-up roller

摘要

A separating machine of a type having a foraminous drum with a resilient belt forming a nip therebetween includes a take-up, roller upstream of the nip, having an axis skewed with respect to an axis of the take-up roller. The wobbling motion of the take-up roller distorts the resilient belt sufficiently to overcome a tendency for entering items to bridge the nip.