Patent ID: 7699309
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A collector for stacking sheets of paper, plastics, and cardboard, the collector comprising: a feeding device; at least one tray downstream of the feeding device in a feeding direction of the feeding device, wherein the at least one tray is arranged in a lowered position relative to the feeding device; at least one stop downstream of the at least one tray in the feeding direction; at least one transport roll transporting sheets individually from the feeding device onto the at least one tray to form a stack; at least one adjusting element arranged in an area where the feeding device and the at least one tray adjoin, wherein the at least one adjusting element is adjustable between a lowered rest position and a position of use lifted relative to the rest position; wherein, in the position of use, the at least one adjusting element lifts a trail end of a first sheet that has reached the at least one tray such that a following second sheet is moved into a position underneath the trail end of the first sheet; at least one guide element positioned opposite the at least one tray at a spacing from the at least one tray, wherein the at least one adjusting element is arranged between the feeding device and the at least one guide element; wherein the at least one guide element and the at least one tray together define a guide channel; and wherein the at least one guide element has an opening so that the at least one transport roll penetrates into the guide channel.