Folding pocket device for a buckle folding machine

Folding pocket device for a buckle folding machine, comprising

• a folding pocket having a feed-in aperture enabling a sheet to run therethrough in a running-in direction into a pocket space of said folding pocket;
• sheet stop means including a sheet stop extending substantially transversely to said running-in direction in said pocket space and being displaceable in and opposite to said running-in direction;
• and
• sheet directing means including diverting means being displaceable from a clearance position in which said diverting means opens up the way to said feed-in aperture into said folding pocket to a diverting position in which said diverting means blocks said feed-in aperture in order to divert a sheet,
• wherein
• said diverting means can be displaced from said clearance position to said diverting position by said sheet stop when said sheet stop is displaced opposite to said running-in direction;
• wherein said sheet directing means includes a transverse rail fixedly attached to said diverting means and extending transversely to said running-in direction, wherein said transverse rail and said sheet stop are arranged at a distance apart from each other in said running-in direction, wherein said sheet stop hits said transverse rail after a predetermined movement opposite to said running-in direction and to then displaces said transverse rail during a continued movement opposite to said running-in direction until said diverting means blocks said feed-in aperture;
• and
• wherein said transverse rail is fixedly attached to a transverse strip by at least one connecting rod guided in a frame-fixed guide and said diverting means includes a plurality of spaced-apart diverting elements arranged on the transverse strip transversely to said running-in direction.