Patent ID: 6740023
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A folder superstructure comprisinga first belt conveying apparatus for conveying a product stream of individual copies in a direction, a copy diverter downstream of said first conveying apparatus for directing said product stream into first and second branching paths, said copy diverter comprising at least one tongue and a first disc deflector arranged downstream of said first belt conveying apparatus, said at least one tongue separating said first and second branching paths, said first disc deflector comprising a plurality of first disc segments arranged axially on a shaft running transversely to the product stream, a plurality of second disc segments arranged on said shaft and alternating axially with said first disc segments, and first and second disk segments being axially offset from said at least one tongue, and means for fixing said second disc segments in different circumferential positions relative to said first disc segments in order to set different deflecting positions, and a second belt conveying apparatus in the area of the tongue for conveying said copies in at least one of said branching paths.