Folding machine with stacking arm

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention provides for a folding machine comprising a housing having a fold plate having an adjustment bar for providing a type of fold for the fold plate, an input table attached to the housing for feeding paper sheets into the housing for processing the paper sheets according to the position of the adjustment bar, a stacking table attached to the housing for receiving the processed paper sheets exiting the housing and a stacking arm attached to the housing adjacent the stacking table, the stacking arm having a roller for assisting in stacking of the processed paper sheets exiting the housing and a mechanical link connecting the stacking arm and adjustment bar providing for adjustment of the stacking arm relative to the type of fold provided by the fold plate.
In an embodiment, the mechanical link may include a pivot arm and a support arm connected at a pivot point and the roller attached at an end of the support arm.
In an embodiment, the folding machine may further comprise an adjustment arm attached to the pivot arm for adjusting the stacking arm relative to a type of fold selected for the folding machine.
In an embodiment, the adjustment arm may provide for adjustment of the stacking arm corresponding to an orientation of the adjustment bar of the fold plate that controls the type of fold provided by the paper folding machine.
In an embodiment, the adjustment arm may be attached to the adjustment bar so that upon adjustment of the adjustment arm the stacking arm is simultaneously moved in order to adjust the stacking arm corresponding to the type-of-fold.
In an embodiment, the folding machine may further comprise an adjustment bar that slides vertically along the fold plate and the adjustment arm is pivotally attached to the adjustment bar so that the adjustment arm causes the roller of the stacking arm to move along the stacking table corresponding to the movement of the adjustment bar.
In an embodiment, the fold plate may include a slot and multiple fold type indicia including large size sheet indicia at a first end of the slot and small size sheet indicia at a second end of the slot and the adjustment bar is slidingly mounted within the slot and movable between the large and small size sheet indicia