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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1994
Horst Rathert, Minden, DE;
Joachim Schroder, Mellinghausen, DE;
Kolbus GmbH & Co. KG, Rahden, DE;
Abstract
A feeder station for apparatus for collating printed sheets includes a mechanism for imparting motion to individual sheets prior to the time the sheets are engaged by a pusher mechanism which propels the stack of collated sheets being formed along a conveyor. The mechanism for imparting motion to the individual sheets in the feeder station contacts the sheets within a region which is directly aligned with the path the engaged portion of the sheet travels in moving from a feed magazine to the feeder station under the influence of a gripper device, the sheet thus being transferred directly from the gripper device into contact with the motion imparting mechanism.