Mechanism for slitting and merging sheets

A mechanism comprising a straight shaft, a plurality of resilient cones on said shaft, said cones being in axial alignment with each other, means for depressing the rims of said resilient cones, means for moving a sheet between said resilient cones and said depressing means wherby said sheet will be diverted from its path at an angle thereto, a first group of said cones face in one direction and a second group of cones face in the opposite direction, said depressing means comprising rollers opposite and adapted to apply pressure to each of said cones said rollers being adjustable relative to the cones to permit the amount of cone rim depression to be adjusted, whereby the angle of diversion of said sheet from its path may be adjusted.