Sheet feeding
OwnerWilliam H. Guntherinventor
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Abstract
A mechanism and method for accumulating sheet stacks from a continuous web having sheets printed both in side-by-side relationship and with the sheets behind each other. Slitting the continuous web lengthwise between said side-by-side sheet and cutting the web transversely between the sheets behind each other sheets to separate the printed sheets. Accumulating the printed sheets into separate stacks and stacking the separate stacks one on top of the other in offset relationship to each other and moving the offset stacks into a receptacle, such as a cassette.
Claims19
A mechanism for accumulating stacks of sheets from a continuous web having sheets printed both in side-by-side relationship and with one behind the other, comprising
- means for slitting said continuous web lengthwise between said side-by-side sheets and for cutting said web transversely between said sheets to separate said printed sheets,
- means for accumulating said printed sheets into separate stacks,
- means for stacking said separate stacks one on top of the other in offset relationship to each other to form a group of offset stacks, and
- means for moving said group of offset stacks into stack-receiving means.
A method of accumulating stacks of sheets from a continuous web having sheets printed both in side-by-side relationship and one behind the other, comprising
- slitting said continuous roll lengthwise between said side-by-side sheet and cutting said web transversely between said sheets to separate said printed sheets,
- accumulating said printed sheets into separate stacks
- stacking said separate stacks one on top of the other in offset relationship to each other to form a group of offset stacks and
- moving said group of offset stacks into stack-receiving means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.