Service apparatus for machines using continuous strips of paper forms or sheets
OwnerLuciano Meschiinventor
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Abstract
Inlet and outlet service units for a printer in a service apparatus for machines using continuous strips of paper forms or sheets are combined and the inlet unit carries out the splicing of the last sheet of the pack being fed to the first sheet of the immediately following pack while the outlet unit takes care of collection, piling and accordion-like folding in packs of predetermined size and a cut to separate the strip arriving from the printer.
Claims20
Service apparatus for machines using sheets or forms joined in continuous strips and folded accordion-wise in packs, each of said packs having a first sheet and a last sheet, the first sheet being the initial sheet of each said pack fed to a printer, and the last sheet of an immediately preceeding pack being splicable with the first sheet of the next succeeding immediately following pack fed to the printer, comprising:
- a splicing unit for splicing the last sheet of the immediately preceeding pack being fed to the printer with the first sheet of the next succeeding immediately following pack;
- an outlet unit for receiving and piling sheets or forms treated in the printer, said outlet unit being arranged adjacent to said splicing unit and being positioned transversely to said splicing unit;
- a receptacle below said outlet unit;
- outlet unit means for receiving and piling the forms leaving the printer for guiding the strip and piling thereof into said receptacle;
- said receptacle having a bottom panel which is movable between a lowered or receiving position and a raised or compressing position, a first set of two oppositely disposed vertical walls, one of which is fixed and the other of which is movable in an adjustable manner toward or away from said fixed wall, and a second set of two oppositely disposed vertical walls substantially orthogonal to said first set of two vertical walls, both of which are movable and one of said walls of said second set of walls moves parallel to the fixed wall of said first set of walls to allow size adjustment of said receptacle and said other movable wall of said second set slides transversely of said fixed wall of said first set to allow access to said receptacle.
Service apparatus for machines using sheets or forms joined in continuous strips and folded accordion-wise in packs, each of said packs having a first sheet and a last sheet, the first sheet being the initial sheet of each said pack fed to a printer, and the last sheet of an initial pack being splicable with the first sheet of the next succeeding immediately following pack fed to the printer, and having a splicing unit for splicing the last sheet of the included pack being fed to the printer with the first sheet of an immediately following pack, comprising:
- an outlet unit for receiving and piling sheets or forms treated in the printer, said outlet unit being arranged adjacent to said splicing unit;
- a receptacle below said outlet unit;
- outlet unit means for receiving and piling the forms leaving the printer for guiding the strip and piling thereof into said receptacle;
- said receptacle including:
- a bottom panel movable between a lowered or receiving position and a raised or compressing position;
- a first set of two spaced vertical walls, one of which is fixed and the other of which is movable in an adjustable manner toward or away from said fixed wall;
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- a second set of two spaced vertical walls substantially orthogonal to said first set of two vertical walls, one of which is movable and the other of which is slideable and slides transverse to the fixed wall of said first set of walls to allow access to said receptacle, and said movable wall of said second moves towards or away from said slidable wall of said second set to allow size adjustment of said second set and wherein said sheets or forms have a crease between adjacent sheets or forms folded accordion-wise to fit within said receptacle after its size is adjusted.
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