Patent ID: 6830241
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
An apparatus for use in forming sheet material assemblages which include a folded cover section having two sides and into which other sheet material items are inserted, said apparatus comprising;a pocket assembly which is sequentially movable past a folded cover section feeder and a plurality of sheet material item feeders, said pocket assembly including forward and rear walls defining a pocket into which a folded cover section is fed and a mechanism for opening folded cover sections of different sizes to receive sheet material items fed by the sheet material item feeders; said mechanism for opening folded cover sections of different sizes comprising a first gripper for gripping one side of a folded cover section of one size, and a second gripper spaced apart from said first gripper for gripping one side of a folded cover section of a different size, said first gripper being ineffective to grip said folded cover section of a different size, said second gripper being ineffective to grip said folded cover section of one size.