Combination cutting and path switching apparatus for moving webs, particularly printed paper substrates, and method

Abstract From the Canadian patent

To deflect a moving paper web to respective transport paths (16, 17, 21, 25) by a cutter cylinder - counter cylinder combination (7, 8), the cylinders are oscillated back and forth above the respective transport paths by being retained in journal bearings which are eccentric with respect to the axes of rotation of the cylinders, so that, as the cylinders rotate the nip between the cylinders will be in alignment with the respective transport path, the shift directing the leading edge of the web to a respective transport path. The cylinders each, carry a knife and a counter element diametrically located with respect to each other so that, as the leading edge of the web is gripped between a …