Sheet-feeding arrangement

摘要

A sheet-feeding arrangement for transferring sheets from supply stack to a printing machine includes a sheet-feeding table having a rear end and a front end. A pair of belt conveyors are provided in the arrangement for advancing a group of overlapped sheets from one end of the table to another. A first pair of stops for preliminary aligning of the sheets being advanced is arranged rearwardly from the front edge of the table and a second pair of stops are arranged at the front edge of the table for final aligning of the sheets being transferred. The first pair of stops are spaced from the second pair of stops in the direction of sheet advancement by a distance which is at least equal to the length of the individual sheet of the stream to prevent interference of the group of the following advancing sheets with the group of the preceding advancing sheets being moved from the preliminary steps towards the final stops.