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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
May. 28, 2004
Paul Leblanc, Laval, CA;
Robert Battaglia, St-Leonard, CA;
Dominic Prevost, Rive-Nord, CA;
Philippe Hakier, Laval, CA;
Paul Leblanc, Laval, CA;
Robert Battaglia, St-Leonard, CA;
Dominic Prevost, Rive-Nord, CA;
Philippe Hakier, Laval, CA;
Axium, Inc., Montreal, CA;
Abstract
The separation tool allows separation of a horizontal pile of recipients into sub-piles of recipients, the first or last recipient of each sub-pile have been previously marked with ultra-violet detectable ink. The tool comprises a frame; a sensor mounted to the frame for detecting the last recipient of a current sub-pile or the first recipient of the next sub-pile upstream therefrom, which ever has been previously marked, and a manipulator arm provided with a fixed finger assembly for holding the recipients upstream from the last recipient of the current sub-pile and a separation finger for creating a gap between the held recipients and those from the current sub-pile.