Patent ID: 6865861
Filing Date: 2005-03-15
Classification: B65B,B65G,B65H

Abstract:
1. A method of moving an endmost group of interfolded sheets relative to an adjacent group of interfolded sheets, wherein the groups of sheets are supplied from an interfolder and are separated from each other, and wherein each group of sheets extends along a longitudinal axis and defines a length, comprising the steps of: advancing the groups of sheets away from the interfolder; orienting the groups of sheets, during advancement of the groups of sheets away from the interfolder, such that the endmost group of sheets is moved in an upward direction by advancement of the next adjacent group of sheets and is supported from below by one or more underlying groups of sheets, wherein the endmost group of sheets and the underlying groups of sheets extend along parallel longitudinal axes; and moving the endmost group of sheets in a lengthwise direction along the longitudinal axis of the endmost group of sheets relative to the next adjacent group of sheets and in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axes of the underlying groups of sheets, wherein the separation between the endmost group of sheets and the next adjacent underlying group of sheets enables the endmost group of sheets to be moved lengthwise relative to the next adjacent underlying group of sheets.