Abstract: A device for separating cardboard components from bulk waste paper features a sorting unit that includes a feed area (1) including a flexibly mounted support (5) on which the bulk waste paper is supplied to a receiving device (3) studded with spikes (2). The spikes (2) and the feed area (1) are designed such that the spikes (2) essentially skewer only the cardboard components of the bulk waste paper fed in the feed area (1) while any material that cannot be skewered may cause the support (5) to move downwardly upon application of a specified force and bypass the spikes (2). At least one of the spikes (2) is connected to a receiving device (3) such that it can be displaced when a prespecified force is encountered.

Abstract: A device for separating cardboard components from bulk waste paper features a sorting unit that includes a feed area (1) including a flexibly mounted support (5) on which the bulk waste paper is supplied to a receiving device (3) studded with spikes (2). The spikes (2) and the feed area (1) are designed such that the spikes (2) essentially skewer only the cardboard components of the bulk waste paper fed in the feed area (1) while any material that cannot be skewered may cause the support (5) to move downwardly upon application of a specified force and bypass the spikes (2). At least one of the spikes (2) is connected to a receiving device (3) such that it can be displaced when a prespecified force is encountered.

Abstract: A conveyor device (2) is provided on which the bulk material containing both card board and paper is transported to a sorting station (5). At this point, the cardboard components are extracted mechanically. For this, the paper and cardboard components are transported while lying flat, and are only partially supported, for which the conveyor device (2) includes lowered free spaces (7) between the support areas. A receiver device (9) possessing freestanding barbs (11) moves synchronously with the conveyor device (2). These barbs (11) are arranged pointing toward the non-supported sections of the paper and cardboard components, and can extend into the free spaces (7) formed on the conveyor device (2). For this, the cardboard components are transfixed by, and held to the barbs (11) of the receiver device (9), but the paper components are not.

Abstract: A conveyor device (2) is provided on which the bulk material containing both card board and paper is transported to a sorting station (5). At this point, the cardboard components are extracted mechanically. For this, the paper and cardboard components are transported while lying flat, and are only partially supported, for which the conveyor device (2) includes lowered free spaces (7) between the support areas. A receiver device (9) possessing freestanding barbs (11) moves synchronously with the conveyor device (2). These barbs (11) are arranged pointing toward the non-supported sections of the paper and cardboard components, and can extend into the free spaces (7) formed on the conveyor device (2). For this, the cardboard components are transfixed by, and held to the barbs (11) of the receiver device (9), but the paper components are not.