| 摘要 |
A collating machine comprises a plurality of bins for flexible sheets of material arranged in series on an arc of a circle, a sheet pick-up device above the bins, and a drive system to cause relative rotary movement between the bins and the pick-up device to cause single sheets from individual bins to be collected progressively at the pick-up device to form a collated set as the relative rotary movement occurs. Preferably, the bins are moved in a circle relative to the pick-up device. Detector means may also be provided to indicate when a bin becomes empty or when there is a mis-feed of the sheets. |
