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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2005
John W. Sussmeier, Cold Spring, NY (US);
Boris Rozenfeld, New Milford, CT (US);
William J. Wright, Killingsworth, CT (US);
Daniel J. Williams, Woodbury, CT (US);
John R. Masotta, Bethel, CT (US);
John W. Sussmeier, Cold Spring, NY (US);
Boris Rozenfeld, New Milford, CT (US);
William J. Wright, Killingsworth, CT (US);
Daniel J. Williams, Woodbury, CT (US);
John R. Masotta, Bethel, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
An improved apparatus and method for cutting and processing sheets from a web of printed material comprising first and second side-by-side portions of sheets along a length of the web. A first transport is arranged to transport the web in a first horizontal direction. A web splitter splits portions of the web as they are transported on the first transport. An extended path transport, in line with the first transport, transports the second portion of the web in an extended path. A direct path transport, in line with the first transport, transports the first portion of the web on a more direct path. As a result of these different paths sheets within the first and second web portions are re-sequenced in a manner suitable for processing by downstream modules, such as a right angle turn module.