摘要 |
<p>A machine for providing a collation of a series of forms (14) with partial overlap defined by a predetermined stagger from a continuous web (11) of such forms (14) has; a tractor feed (10) for feeding the web (11) into a separating station (16); bursting rollers (17,18,19,21) for separating the web (11) along transverse lines (13); a conveyor (25) for feeding individual forms (14) consecutively to a collation station (33); a rotatable stop (34) and indexing conveyor (38) for advancing a form (14) at the registration station (33) through a distance of the stagger with respect to the next form (14) to be received at the registration station (33), whereby each form (14) as it arrives at the registration station (33) is offset from the preceding form (14) by the predetermined stagger; adhesive (32) being applied to the forms (14) to hold them together with said perdetermined stagger.</p> |