Patent ID: 8317190
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A right angle turn module for transporting sheets, the module comprising: a first sheet transport arranged to transport at least two sheets in a side-by-side arrangement in a first direction; a stop arrangement, downstream of the first sheet transport, comprising a barrier positioned to stop travel of the two side-by-side sheets in the first direction; a second sheet transport contiguous with the stop arrangement and arranged to transport the sheets serially in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction; and a horizontal guide plate positioned at a downstream end of the first sheet transport and in a path of at least the side-by-side sheet on a downstream side in the second direction, whereby a sheet traveling in the first direction will pass over the guide plate on its way to the stop arrangement, and whereby after the sheets are being transported serially in the second direction, the downstream serial sheet will pass over the guide plate in the second direction and the upstream serial sheet will pass under the guide plate in the second direction.