Patent ID: 8506466

Claim:
An apparatus for transporting folded signatures in a transport direction, comprising: a first roller; a second roller forming a first nip with the first roller, the first and second rollers each having a compressible outer layer, the first and second rollers rotatable about respective axes; a first and second downstream rollers located downstream of the first nip in the transport direction, the first and second downstream rollers forming a downstream nip; a plurality of first transport tapes passing through the first nip and the downstream nip and a plurality of second transport tapes passing through the first nip and the downstream nip, the first and second transport tapes entering the first nip along a path; the plurality of first transport tapes and the plurality of second transport tapes wrapped at least partially around the second roller, the plurality of first and second transport tapes traveling between the second roller and the downstream nip at an angle relative to the path, wherein a signature transported between the first and second transport tapes and through the first nip undergoes a change in transport direction as it is transported at least partially around the second roller.