Claims
- 1. Apparatus for dividing a continuous web having a central portion and side portions adjacent said central portion, said side portions having perforated, marginal strips, into discrete sheets and removing said marginal strips, comprising:
- a pair of timing belts having a plurality of teeth for engaging and moving the perforated, marginal strips of the continuous web along a feed path;
- a pair of stationary, slitter knives located downstream of the engaging and moving means for separating the marginal strips from the central portion of the web;
- cutting means for dividing the central portion of the web into discrete sheets;
- at least one inner drive roller mounted below the central portion of the web along the feed path;
- a pair of deflectors located downstream of the cutting means for advancing the central portion of the web and for guiding the severed, marginal portions below the feed path, each of the deflectors having an upstream, horizontal leg, a downstream, angled leg forming an obtuse angle with the horizontal leg and extending below the feed path, and an outer driven roller engaging the feed path;
- a pair of outer drive rollers located beneath the outer driven rollers, wherein each outer drive roller and each outer driven roller engages the marginal strip, wherein the severed, marginal strips are guided along and under the horizontal legs of the deflectors, between the outer drive rollers and the outer driven rollers of the deflectors and along the angled legs of the deflectors; and at least one inner drive roller located beneath the inner driven roller, wherein the at one inner drive and driven roller engage the central portion of the web, whereby the associated discrete sheets of the central portion of the web are conveyed along the feed path and away from the deflectors.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cutting means comprises a reciprocating knife.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the distance between the horizontal legs of the deflectors and the reciprocating knife is between about 1/4 and 3/8 inch.
- 4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the distance is about 5/16 inch.
- 5. The apparatus of claim 4, additionally comprising means for biasing each of the outer and inner driven rollers downwardly.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/418,347 filed Apr. 7, 1995, now abandoned.
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