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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1986
SMH Alcatel, Paris, US;
Abstract
The unstacking device comprises an object magazine (2), an object transport conveyor (7) for removing objects from the magazine, an object separator assembly (20) mounted in front of the object outlet from the magazine above the transport conveyor and comprising firstly a retaining element constituted by at least one flexible end tongue (34) mounted on a deflector flap (31) carried by a pivoting arcuate arm (32) which is resiliently urged by a spring (38), and secondly a part constituting a separator shoe (40) carried by a second pivoting arm (41) which is resiliently urged by a second spring (45), an object extractor (50), and detector for (55, 56) for detecting when objects are engaged in said object extractor in order to stop said conveyor (7).