Apparatus for repositioning paper documents from lateral to vertical relation

摘要

A first paper document is vacuum-secured atop a first vacuum belt that extends from a first trailing roller to a first leading roller. A second paper document is vacuum-secured below a second vacuum belt that extends from a second trailing roller to a second leading roller. The first and second trailing rollers are laterally disposed with respect to one another with the first trailing roller being at a lower elevation than the second trailing roller and with the first leading roller positioned below the second leading roller. The first and second leading rollers are centered with respect to the first and second trailing rollers so that the first and second vacuum belts converge toward one another. The first paper document therefore underlies the second paper document when the respective leading edges of the paper documents arrive at the first and second leading rollers.