Apparatus for separating two sheets

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR PRODUCING COPIES BY MEANS OF A TRANSFER METHOD, COMPRISING A FRAME, MEANS FORMING A FIRST CONVEYOR PATH WITHIN THE FRAME THROUGH WHICH CONVEYOR PATH ARE GUIDED TWO LAMINAR LAYER CARRIERS IN ORDER TO INITIATE A TRANSFER PROCESS, A PAIR OF SQUEEZE ROLLERS ARRANGED IN SAID FRAME AT ONE END OF THE FIRST CONVEYOR PATH AND BETWEEN WHICH ROLLERS THE SUPERIMPOSED LAYER CARRIERS ARE CARRIED IN CLOSE CONTACT, A DRIVING ARRANGEMENT FOR DRIVING THE SAID PAIR OF SQUEEZE ROLLERS, A PAIR OF GUIDE MEMBERS DEFINING A SECOND CONVEYOR PATH DOWNSTREAM OF THE SAID PAIR OF SQUEEZE ROLLERS, SAID GUIDE MEMBERS HAVING SUCH A LENGTH AS TO PERMIT AN IMAGE TRANSFER BETWEEN THE LAMINAR LAYER CARRIERS AFTER BEING PRESSED TOGETHER BY THE SAID PAIR OF SQUEEZE ROLLERS, MEANS FORMING AN OPENING IN ONE OF THE SAID GUIDE MEMBERS AT THAT END OF THE SECOND CONVEYOR PATH REMOTE FROM THE SAID SQUEEZE ROLLERS, AND A DEFLECTING MEMBER MOVABLE BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION WHEREIN AN END PORTION THEREOF EXTENDS ACROSS THE SECOND CONVEYOR PATH TO DEFLECT AN EDGE OF ONE OF THE ADVANCING LAYER CARRIERS THROUGH THE SAID OPENING TO A SECOND POSITION WHEREIN IT LIES OUTSIDE OF THE SECOND CONVEYOR PATH.