Transfer apparatus for paper inspection

Claim 1

SHEET TRANSFER APPARATUS COMPRISING A FIRST SHEET STACK SUPPORT FOR SUPPORTING A STACK OF SHEETS TO BE UNPILED BY INCREMENTS, A SECOND SHEET STACK SUPPORT FOR SUPPORTING A STACK OF SHEETS TO BE REPILED BY INCREMENTS, SAID SHEET STACK SUPPORTS BEING LOCATED IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATIONSHIP SPACED APART A DISTANCE LESS THAN THE WIDTH OF SHEETS SUPPORTED BY SAID SHEET STACK SUPPORTS, A TRANSFER TABLE LOCATED BETWEEN SAID SHEET STACK SUPPORTS AND INCLUDING THREE SECTIONS, NAMELY, A STATIONARY CENTRAL PANEL AND TWO MOVABLE SIDE LEAVES ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID STATIONARY CENTRAL PANEL, RESPECTIVELY, DISPOSABLE IN GENERALLY HORIZONTAL COPLANAR RELATIONSHIP, EACH OF SAID SIDE LEAVES BEING OF A WIDTH GREATER THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID STATIONARY CENTRAL PANEL AND THE SHEET STACK SUPPORT AT THE CORRESPONDING SIDE OF SAID CENTRAL PANEL FOR OVERLYING A PORTION OF SUCH SHEET STACK SUPPORT, AND MEANS CONNECTED TO THE EDGES OF SAID SIDE LEAVES ADJACENT TO SAID CENTRAL PANEL AND OPERABLE TO MOVE SUCH SIDE LEAF EDGES DOWNWARD AND TOWARD EACH OTHER BENEATH SAID STATIONARY CENTRAL PANEL AND THEREBY MOVE TOWARD SAID STATIONARY CENTRAL PANEL THE EDGES OF SAID SIDE LEAVES REMOTE FROM SAID CENTRAL PANEL.