Patent ID: 8661975

Claim:
A sheet guiding apparatus for a production system or a sheet folding machine, the sheet guiding apparatus comprising: a sheet diverter for dividing a stream of sheets being transported in a sheet transport direction to a plurality of transport tracks including at least one first and at least one second transport track; said sheet diverter being divided centrally into right and left diverter parts relative to the sheet transport direction, said right and left diverter parts being mutually independently movable into first and second permanent positions for dividing a double stream of cut sheets; and said sheet diverter being multiply divided and formed of a plurality of diverter parts, said diverter parts all being mutually independently movable together into one of a plurality of switching positions for dividing a multiple stream of sheets alternately on either of said transport tracks with said sheet diverter being switchable at least between said first and second positions and with said sheet diverter being switched into said first position for guiding a sheet onto said at least one first transport track and into said second position for guiding a sheet onto said at least one second transport track.