Patent ID: 7934357

Claim:
A sheet handling device having at least one sheet feed path therethrough from an inlet to an outlet, the sheet feed path defined by guiding means for directing sheet material from the inlet to the outlet, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of processing sections located along the sheet feed path for performing a plurality of operations on sheet material being handled by the device, said processing sections defining gaps between adjacent processing stations and including an accumulator section, a collation section to produce a collation of sheets, a sheet folding section and an insert feeding section disposed within a main chamber of the sheet handling device, the accumulator section having a vertically oriented feed path to augment mechanical forces by gravitational forces acting on each collation of sheets and being centrally located relative to the other processing sections to facilitate accumulation of sheet material while minimizing gaps between adjacent processing sections and a primary access doorway disposed over the processing stations to facilitate jam clearance.