Sheet depositing machine

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR AT LEAST PARTLY UNFOLDING ASYMMETRICALLY FOLDED SHEETS, EACH HAVING A FOLDED END AND AN OPPOSITE OPEN AND END WHERE A LONGER LAYER OF EACH SHEET TERMINATES IN A PROJECTING PORTION PROJECTING BEYOND A SHORTER LAYER THEREOF, AND FOR DEPOSITING THE UNFOLDED SHEETS, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A FIRST ROTARY DRUM HAVING FIRST GRIPPER MEANNS WHICH ROTATE WITH SAID DRUM FOR GRIPPINGG ONE SHEET OF A STACK OF FOLDED FOLDED END THEREOF TO WITHDRAW THE SHEET FROM THE STACK AND FOR RELEASING THE SHEET WHEN IT REACHES A TRANSFER POSITION; HOLDING MEANS LOCATED ADJACENT WITH SAID FIRST DRUMK AND ENGAGING SAID FOLDED END FOR HOLDING THE RELEASED SHEET INN SAID TRANSFER POSITION IN WHICH SAID OPEN END ASSUMES A POSITION IN WHICH SAID OPEN SAID FIRST DRUM; SECOND AND THIRD ROTARY DRUMS LOCATED ADJACENT SAID FIRST DRUM AND FORMING BETWEEN EACH OTHER A GAP FOR RECEIVING THE OPENNN END OF THE SHEET IN SAID TRANSFER POSITION, SAID TANGENTIAL PLANE EXTENDING INTO SAID GAP; SINGLE GRIPPER MEANS FOR GRIPPING INN SAID TRANSFER POSITION SAID LONGER LAYER OF SAID SHEET ONNLY AT SAID PROJECTING PORTION THEREOF SO AS TO PULL SAID SHEET INTO SAID GAP WHILE PERMITTING SAID SHORTER LAYER TO MOVE AWAY FROM SAID LONGER LAYER; A DEFLECTOR MEANS CARRIED BY SAID THIRD DRUM FOR ENGAGING SAID SHORTER LAYER AND DEL THE SAME AWAY FROM SAID LONGER LAYER AS SOON AS SAID OPEN END OF SAID SHEET REACHES SAIDD GAP, SAID SECOND AND THIRD DRUMS HAVING DIRECTIONS OF ROTATION WHICH