Patent ID: 6592114
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
An apparatus for processing and stacking printed forms adapted to feed said forms for processing downstream thereof comprising:a dual registering stacking interface for receiving continuously fed forms, transversely registering said forms and selectively stacking and transporting said forms from an input end to a first output end, at least one upper and at least one lower drivingly engaged transport belts for transporting forms from said input end to said first output end, said at least one upper and at least one lower transport belt being disengageably clutched at said output end, said dual registering stacking interface further including a disengagement clutch at said input end and being operable for disengaging at least one transport belt at said input end; a sequencer merger for receiving said forms from said first output end, directing said forms in a selected order and transporting said forms to a second output end, said sequencer merger adaptable to process said forms as a stack of forms; an accumulator having at least one upper and at least one lower transport that are in operative relation to one another to accumulate forms into a single set and transport said forms to a third output end from which said forms are fed therefrom for use or further processing downstream thereof.