Method and apparatus for stuffing newspapers or forming similar sheet material assemblages

摘要

An improved apparatus for stuffing newspapers includes a pair of stuffer assemblies and a single conveyor which transports an overlapping stream of newspapers from both stuffer assemblies to a receiving station. During operation of the stuffer assemblies, a series of assembled newspapers is delivered from a first stuffer assembly to the conveyor in an overlapping relationship. To enable the newspapers from the second stuffer assembly to be interspersed with the newspapers from the first stuffer assembly, the newspapers from the first stuffer assembly are spaced apart by a speed-up or accelerating assembly. A newspaper from the second stuffer assembly is then deposited between successive newspapers from the first stuffer assembly to form a single stream of unlapped newspapers. The unlapped stream of newspapers is formed into an overlapped stream by a shingling mechanism so that a single lapped stream of newspapers is transported by the conveyor to a receiving station.