Patent ID: 6357738
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A feeder for a collator, comprising:means for depositing sheets from a stack individually and cyclically onto a conveying device; a gear mechanism having a powered wheel and a power take-off wheel which are connected with the depositing means; and an adjusting device with which the powered wheel and the power take-off wheels are rotatable in relation to each other for adjusting a deposit cycle of the feeder, the adjusting device including a hollow shaft having an interior space and a further shaft arranged in the interior space of the hollow shaft, wherein one of the wheels is arranged on the hollow shaft and the other one of the wheels is arranged on the further shaft, the further shaft comprising a hollow shaft, wherein the adjusting device further includes a displaceably guided engagement element, the shaft and the further shaft being connected with each other by the displaceably guided engagement element, and wherein at least one of the shafts includes at least one slit and the engagement element engages the at least one slit of the at least one shaft.