Patent ID: 7744337

Claim:
Conveyor unit for a printing machine comprising: a lifting mechanism for separating a sheet from a sheet stack and transporting the separated sheet along a vertical transport path; and a conveyor track with conveyor means for transporting the separated sheet in a conveying direction transverse to the transport path, wherein the conveyor track includes first and second interconnected track parts, and wherein the first and second track parts are moveable to (i) a first position where the first and second track parts lie in a same plane and are in the transport path, and (ii) a second position where the first and second track parts do not lie in a same plane and are adjacent to the transport path, wherein the first and second parts are pivotable about a common shaft, and wherein the first and second track parts are moveable in order to fold the conveyor track, by lifting the common shaft in a direction toward a lateral edge of the second track part positioned remotely from the first track part.