Transversal cutting equipment for sheets separable from overlapped continuous forms

摘要

A transversal cutting equipment (46) for sheets separable from overlapped continuous forms (26r, 261), in which the forms are longitudinally divided from a basic continuous form for producing documents with a single sheet or more sheets, and in which the documents and the respective sheets are printed according to a predetermined order. The equipment comprises a cutting device (49h, 491) for the joined separation of the sheets; an accumulating and forwarding device (57); transport paths (56h, 561); and differentiating means (59) for modifying the transport times of the sheets along one or more transport paths. The cutting device operates in continuous way, while the accumulating and forwarding device collects the sheet or the sheets of a partially formed document and sends the sheet or the sheets upon the completion of the document. The differentiating means modifies the transport times without interrupting the cutting device so that a cut sheet of a following document, is transferred to the accumulating and forwarding device for the formation of the following document, substantially after the forwarding of the preceding document.