Claims
- 1. A mechanism for folding a sheet comprising a conveyor, a ramp, a feed plate, a deflecting mechanism and a pulling roller, said conveyor terminating short of said pulling roller, said ramp, feed plate and deflecting mechanism being interposed between said conveyor and said pulling roller, said conveyor moving said sheet on a horizontal plane, said ramp extending upwardly away from said plane, said ramp being at an angle to said plane which is no greater than 90.degree. to the direction from which the sheets are advancing, said ramp having a forward end and a rear end and having a stop at its forward end, said feed plate being located below said ramp to support said moving sheets in a horizontal plane, the rear end of said ramp being spaced above said feed plate to form a gap between said plane and rear end, said deflecting mechanism movable relative to said feed plate from a gap-closing position below said plane and out of the path of the sheet to open the gap to permit the folded sheet to pass through the gap along said feed plate and said pulling roller mounted to grasp the folded sheet after it moves through the gap and past said feed plate.
- 2. A mechanism as claimed in claim 1 wherein said moving means comprises a conveyor having pins extending upwardly therefrom to move the sheet along.
CROSS-REFERENCE
This is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Patent application Ser. No. 680,788 filed Apr. 27, 1976 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,071,997 dated Feb. 7, 1978.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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