Patent ID: 8523167

Claim:
A device for directing sheets ( 2 ) comprising: at least two inlets for the sheets, a first inlet (A 1 ) and a second inlet (A 2 ), which inlets are associable respectively to a first sheet infeeder line (L 1 ) and a second sheet infeeder line (L 2 ) angularly-arranged with respect to said first sheet infeeder line (L 1 ), and an outlet (AU) for the sheets, associable to an outlet line (LU): a support member (S) associated to the first inlet (A 1 ) in order to restingly receive at least one sheet ( 2 ) arriving from the first inlet (A 1 ) so as to enable transfer of the sheet ( 2 ) towards the outlet (AU); a guide and transfer element (D 2 ), associated to the second inlet (A 2 ) and conformed so as to guide at least an entering sheet into the second inlet (A 2 ) and to transfer the sheet towards the outlet (AU); the guide and transfer element (D 2 ) and the support member (S) being reciprocally arranged so as to convey the sheets ( 2 ) towards the outlet along a common outlet direction (DAU); a third inlet (A 3 ), associable to a third line (L 3 ) angularly arranged with respect to the first line (L 1 ), and a further guide and transfer element (D 3 ), associated to the third inlet (A 3 ) and conformed to guide at least a sheet entering the third inlet (A 3 ) and to transfer the sheet towards the outlet (AU); and, wherein the inlets (A 1 , A 2 , A 3 ) are arranged at different heights.