Separating and folding apparatus for printing presses

Claim 1

PATH SWITCHING MEANS FOR SHEETSS OF MATERIAL COMPRISING A PAIR OF COOPERATING ROTARY ELEMENTS HAVING ALIGNED ANNULAR GROOVES, SAID ROTARY ELEMENTS RECEIVING AND FEEDING SHEETS OF MATERIAL THEREBETWEEN, A ROCKER ASSEMBLY HAVING A PLRUALITY OF TRIANGULARLY SHAPED MEMBERS WITH THE LEADING APEX OF EACH MEMBER BEING MOVABLE INTO SAID GROOVES, GUIDING MEANS POSITIONED IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EDGES OF SAID TRIANGULAR MEMBERS ADJOINING SAID APEXES TO FORM UPPER AND LOWER PATHS AND MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID ROCKER ASSEMBLY ALTERNATELY IN CLOCKWISE AND COUNTERCLOCKWISE DIRECTIONS TO MOVE SAID APPEXES FIRST INTO THE GROOVES OF ONE ROTATING ELEMENT FOR DIRECTING A SHEET OF MATERIAL INTO ONE PATH AND THEN INOT THE GROOVES OF THE OTHER ROTATING ELEMENT FOR MOVEMENT OF ANOTHER SHEET OF MATERIAL INTO THE OTHER PATH, TRAILING APEXES ON SAID TRIANGULAR MEMBERS AND A PAIR OF GROOVES DRIVE ROLLERS ADJOINING EACH SET OF TRAILING APEXES WITH EACH TRAILING APEX ENGAGINGA GROOVE IN ONE OF THE LAST SAID ROLLERS AND REMAINING IN SUCH ENGAGEMENT IN ALL POSITIONS OF SAID ROCKER ASSEMBLY.