Apparatus and system for handling cut sheets and web forms to form

Abstract

Thus the present invention provides an apparatus for conveying both individual sheets of paper and a web of forms having equally spaced, successive, transverse lines of weakening along a longitudinal path and for separating the forms along the transverse lines of weakening and merging the cut sheets and the separated forms for further processing. There is a transport section, superposed over the bursting section, including at least one upper and one lower belt and pulley assembly for conveying individual sheets along a second paper path, the second paper path merging into the first paper path, and structure for detaining the individual sheets at a position along the second paper path before the second paper path merges into the first paper path, whereby the individual sheets and the separated forms are thereafter processed along the first paper path.