Apparatus and method for stacking sheets discharged from a starwheel assembly

摘要

An apparatus for stacking sheets from a starwheel assembly (10) comprising: a barrier (32) located at least partially within the starwheel assembly to discharge the sheets from the starwheel assembly; and a separator finger (38) movable to separate a stream of sheets fed by the starwheel assembly, the separator finger having: a vertical range of motion; and a horizontal range of motion; at least one actuator coupled to the separator finger, the at least one actuator actuatable to move the separator finger; and a controller coupled to the actuator, the at least one actuator actuatable in a first manner under control of the controller to move the separator finger in a first path and actuatable in a second manner under control of the controller to move the separator finger in a second path different from the first path.