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Claim 1

IN A SIGNATURE OR SHEET STACKING APPARATUS WHEREIN A ROTATING DELIVERY CYLINDER AND COOPERATING STRIPPER DELIVER SIGNATURES INDIVIDUALLY TO A DELIVERY STATION TO FORM AN EVEN EDGED STACK ON SUPPORT MEANS IN A STACKING AREA BELOW THE DELIVERY STATION VIA CONTROLLED SHORT FALL OF SIGNATURES TO THE SUPPORT MEANS, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES, IN COMBINATION: A VERTICALLY RECIPROCABLE TABLE, TEMPORARY SUPPORT MEANS MOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID TABLE WITH A FREE END ADJACENT THE DELIVERY STATION, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID TEMPORARY SUPPORT MEANS BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL SIGNATURES OPPOSITE THE DIRECTION OF SIGNATURE TRAVEL AT THE DELIVERY STATION AND ABOVE THE SUPPORT MEANS TO SUPPORT SIGNATURES THEREON, THUS PERMITTING REMOVAL OF SIGNATURES FROM SAID SUPPORT MEANS THEREBELOW, SAID MOVING MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR MOVING SAID TEMPORARY SUPPORT MEANS PIVOTALLY ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS BETWEEN AN UPWARDLY INCLINED REST POSITION WITH ITS FREE END IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT THE STRIPPERS AND A HORIZONTAL SUPPORTING POSITION, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID SUPPORTING MEANS ENDWISE IN TIMED RELATIONSHIP WITH ITS PIVOTAL MOVEMENT.