Paper arranging apparatus

Abstract

A paper arranging apparatus for unpiling a vertical stack of paper sheets disposed upon a paper feeding table and repiling the paper sheets into a vertical stack upon a paper piling table includes a vibrational transfer plate disposed within the vicinity of the upper region of the paper piling table, and a crossing plate pivotably mounted upon the upper end of the paper feeding table so as to be movable between a first inoperative elevated position, and a second lowered operative position which overlies the vibrational transfer plate. The crossing and vibrational transfer plates therefore bridge the lateral spacing defined between the paper feeding and paper piling tables in order to facilitate the paper transfer operation between the paper feeding and paper piling tables. The crossing plate has an arcuate configuration so as to cause smooth flowing of the paper sheets onto the vibrational transfer plate, and the vibrational transfer plate is caused to vertically reciprocate or vibrate so as to cause controlled feeding of the paper sheets onto the paper piling table. A resilient pressing arm associated with the vibrational transfer plate maintains the paper sheets in a properly arranged paper stack. The vibrational transfer plate is laterally adjustable relative to the paper stack upon the paper piling table, and the movement of the crossing plate to the inoperative position permits lateral movement of the transfer plate relative to the paper stack so as to facilitate removal of a completed stack from the paper piling table.