Patent ID: 6929260

Claim:
A method of transferring at least two sheets, which are arranged in a shingled mode of arrangement in a sheet transport direction, to a sheet handling machine in which the at least two sheets are moved at a first speed after the transfer, a first and a second sheet of the at least two sheets being spaced by a certain length of displacement in the sheet transport direction, the method comprising the following steps: (a) supplying the at least two sheets in the shingled mode of arrangement to the sheet handling machine at a second speed, the second speed being higher than the first speed; and (b) decelerating the second sheet to a third speed as soon as the first sheet is decelerated to the first speed in the sheet handling machine, the third speed being lower than the second speed, thereby maintaining a shingled arrangement of the at least two sheets, wherein the first sheet is decelerated to the first speed by a shingle roll, and the second sheet is decelerated to the third speed by a brake roll.