Patent ID: 6363845
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A method of transferring a sheet through a working apparatus having a working area with a dimension L1 as measured along a direction in which the sheet is transferred, said sheet having a dimension L2, as measured along said direction, which is smaller than said dimension L1, said working apparatus having feed means disposed adjacent to one end of the working area, capable of moving the sheet partially into the working area with part of the trailing end portion of the sheet lying outside the working area and operable to be reversed for moving the sheet away from the working area and delivery means disposed adjacent to the other end of the working area for removing the sheet therefrom, comprising:moving by said feed means a first sheet partially into the working area; moving by said feed means a second sheet into abutment of the leading end thereof with the trailing end of its preceding first sheet and further thereby to cause said second sheet to push said first sheet to a predetermined position within said working area; moving by said feed means said second sheet back out of said working area; working the entire of said first sheet by the working apparatus; moving by said feed means said second sheet into abutment of the leading end thereof with the trailing end of its preceding worked first sheet and further to a position to which said first sheet was previously moved by said feed means, while causing said second sheet to push said first sheet toward said delivery means; removing by said delivery means said first sheet out of said working area.