Method and apparatus for denesting articles by suction means

Claim 1

A METHODS OF DENESTING A STACK OF TEMPORARILY BENDABLE PERIMETRICALLY DEFINED ARTICLES SUPPORTED IN CLAMPED POSITION WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF CONTACTING AND GRIPPING THE SURFACE OF THE ARTICLE TO BE DENESTED WITH THE PLACE OF CONTACT WITHIN THE PERIMETER OF THE ARTICLE BEING CONTACTED, AND THE GRIPPING ON OPPOSED SIDES OF A LINE PARALLEL TO THE GENERAL SURFACE OF THE ARTICLE TO BE DENESTED WHICH LINE PASSES THROUGH THE PLACE OF CONTACT, UNCLAMPING OF THE SUPPORT OF SAID STACK OF ARTICLES, EFFECTING A LIMITED TEMPORARY BENDING OF THE ARTICLE TO BE DENESTED IN AREA FROM ITS PERIMETER TO SAID LINE PASSING THROUGH SAID PLACE OF CONTACT WITH A SIMULTANEOUS PEELING OF PORTIONS OF SAID ARTICLE TO BE DENESTED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID LINE IN A DIRECTION FROM THE PERIMETER OF SAID ARTICLE TOWARDS A PLACE WITHIN THE PERIMETER UNTIL THE PEELING EXPOSES SAID PLACE OF CONTACT ON MORE THAN ONE SIDE BY RELEASED AREA OF SAID ARTICLE TO BE DENESTED, CLAMPING SAID STACK OF ARTICLES TO RESUPPORT THE STACKED ARTICLES IN CLAMPED POSITION, AND REMOVAL OF THE ARTICLE TO BE DENESTED FROM ALL REMAINING CONTACT WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE STACK.