Patent ID: 6467763
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for assembling collation sets from a split web, the split web consisting of two webstreams each providing a series of collations of connected sheets, the method comprising the steps of:alternately selecting the two webstreams and from the selected webstream drawing a sheet to a cutting or bursting station; cutting or bursting the sheet to separate it from the webstream; conveying the sheet to an accumulating station for the selected webstream where sheets are accumulated, the accumulating station having a first accumulator for accumulating the separated sheets from the first webstream into collations and a second accumulator for accumulating the separated sheets from the second webstream into collations; monitoring the sheet for determining whether the sheet is a beginning or an end of a collation; and ejecting the sheets accumulated from the selected webstream based on the determining of whether the sheet is the beginning or the end of a collation.