Device for separating multi-layered, transversely perforated continuous strips having carbon-paper strips located between the web layers into individual sheets

A device for separating a continuous, transversely perforated multi-layered strip into individual strips, comprising:

• a base frame;
• and
• a plurality of strip handling means mounted on said base frame for processing said multi-layered strip, each of said strip handling means including (1) a separator device for separating an individual continuous and transversely perforated strip from said multi-layered strip, (2) form bursting means for effecting a severing of said individual continuous strip into individual sheets, (3) storage means for storing said individual sheets therein, and (4) a carbon-paper wind-up device for winding up carbon-paper layers between the individual layers of said multi-layered strip;
• each of said form bursting means on said base frame including an inlet roller pair and an outlet roller pair, said outlet roller pair being driven at a greater peripheral speed than said inlet roller pair, a roof-shaped tearing edge arranged between said inlet and said outlet roller pairs over which said single continuous strip passes, the speed differential of said inlet and said outlet roller pairs rendering said strip taut as said transverse perforations pass over said tearing edge and effecting a severing of said strip into said individual sheets.