Patent ID: 6764070
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A path deflection device to be used in a sheet accumulating system, the system comprising:a continuous web cutter for cutting a continuous web of material into groups of cut sheets, each group of cut sheets comprising at least a first sheet and a second sheet moving substantially side-by-side along a first direction, wherein the first sheet moves in a first path and the second sheet moves in a second path substantially equal to the first path in length; and a right angle transport device for changing the moving direction of the sheets from the first direction to a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, such that the first and second sheets move in a same path in the second direction, with the second sheet traversing an additional path in the second direction, causing the first sheet to lead the second sheet in the second direction in an overlapping manner with an overlapped amount, said path deflection device comprising: a channel having an entrance point and an exit point, disposed in the first path such that the entrance point is located at a first point of the first path and the exit point is located at a second point of the first path; and a deflection mechanism disposed at the entrance point of the channel for causing the first sheet to deviate from the first path at the first point, to move through the channel and exit the channel at the exit point so that the first sheet continues to move in the first path from the second point toward the right angle transport device, wherein the channel has a channel length greater than the distance between the first point and the second point of the first path so as to compensate for the additional path traversed by the second sheet in the second direction, thereby increasing the overlapped amount.