Abstract: A method of transporting stacks of thin, planar products, such as periodicals, books, newspapers or the like, and a load carrier for such transport. The load carrier comprises a bottom (5) and four sides (1-4), and at least one pair of the mutually opposite sides (1, 3 resp. 2, 4) is provided with one or more upwards open slots (b 6, 7 resp. 8, 9 and 10, 11), whereas the bottom (5) is provided with a corresponding opening pattern in the form of upwards open channels (22, 23) which are open towards the slots. The load carrier is transported on a chain conveyor, and the product stack (18) placed on the carrier possibly is strapped while resting on the carrier, and the carrier is separated from the stack (18) by introducing a supporting device in the bottom channels (22 or 23) of the carrier beneath the stack, whereafter the stack is separated from the carrier by relative movement therebetween.

Abstract: An apparatus for separating one or more essentially thin and planar products (3), such as books, periodicals and newspapers, from a stack (2) of such products. The apparatus includes a gripping arrangement (6) for gripping of at least one product (3) at a time at the top of the stack (2), and for lateral movement of the product to engagement with a further-feeding transport apparatus (7), and a threshold construction (14) forming an abutment against the products (3) below the product to be separated at a time, and which has a slot opening (15) having a height (H) allowing the passing of only said at least one product at a time. The threshold construction (14) is connected to a position sensor (20) sensing the top level of the stack (2) and giving a signal to a regulator (5) and the regulator controls a stack-supporting hoisting mechanism (1), so that the hoisting mechanism raises the stack (2) to the correct top level in relation to the threshold construction.