DEVICE FOR FOLDING AND COLLECTING SHEETS OF DIFFERENT FORMATS

A folding and depositing device for drawings provided with legends, comprising two folding stations for folding drawings in two directions at right angles to one another and a collecting station for depositing the folded drawings with their legends on the same side such that the folding stations fold drawings of a first group of formats (A1 and A2), first in the longitudinal direction and then in the transverse direction, and fold drawings of a second group of formats (A0 and A3), first in the transverse direction and then in the longitudinal direction and, depending on the group to which they belong, the folded drawings are directed via different discharge paths from the second folding station to the collecting station, and wherein an intermediate transport path between the folding stations is accessible via a routing switch to enable a subsequent drawing to be folded in the first folding station while a previous drawing is being transversely transported to the second folding station.