for separating individual flat and bendable objects from the underside of a stack of such objects , and for the onward transportation of & amp ; the objects , the invention provides a stacking space , a carrier wheel on which suction devices and grippers are mounted , and transportation means , wherein the carrier wheel is disposed below the stacking space in such a manner that the suction devices , rotating with the carrier wheel , can consecutively take hold of an edge region of the object at the bottom of the stack and bend it downward into the jaws of the following gripper , and in such a manner that the object is then transported onward by the gripper and can be deposited on the transportation means .