Mechanism for removing and simultaneously folding and tying newspapers from multiple stacks thereof

Claim 1

A FOLDING AND TYING MACHINE FOR NEWSPAPERS HAVING MULITPLE LEAVES FOLDED IN HALF TO PRESENT AT LEAST ONE HARD EDGE COMPRISING: A PAIR OF SPACED FIRST PLATFORMS, EACH ADAPTED FOR SUPPORTING A SEPARATE SUPPLY OF NEWSPAPERS IN STACKED RELATIONSHIP; A SECOND NEWSPAPER SUPPORTING PLATFORM BETWEEN SAID FIRST PLATFORMS; A PLURALITY OF RECIPROCABLE PUSHER ELEMENTS ON EACH OF SAID FIRST PLATFORMS ENGAGEABLE WITH THE STACK OF NEWSPAPER THEREON AND OPERABLE TO ENTER INTO THE LEAVES OF AN INDIVIDUAL NEWSPAPER OF THE STACK FOR DIRECTING SAID INDIVIDUAL NEWSPAPER FROM THE STACK TOWARD AND ONTO SAID SECOND PLATFORM SUBSTANTIALLY SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH AND IN STACKED RELATIONSHIP TO THE INDIVIDUAL NEWSPAPER FROM THE OTHER OF SAID FIRST PLATFORMS;