Method and apparatus for arranging sheets in a shingled position

US10052886B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KOENIG & BAUER AG · DE

Inventors

• Carsten Reinsch · Radebeul, DE
• Michael Koch · Radebeul, DE
• Michael Beyer · Chillicothe, US
• Roger Püschel · Heidenau, DE
• Christian Ziegenbalg · Weinböhla, DE
• Bernd Patzelt · Magdeburg, DE
• Hartmut Nickell · Dresden, DE
• Martin Riese · Radebeul, DE
• Stefan Singer · Vaterstetten, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 29, 2016
• Grant date: Aug 21, 2018
• Expiry date: Apr 29, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2801/31
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a device for arranging sheets in an overlapping position in a transfer unit arranged between a first processing station and a second processing station following the first processing station in a transport direction of the sheets. The sheets to be overlapped are transported from the first processing station to the transfer unit, in a transport plane and each individually lying behind one another. A respective rear, in the transport direction, edge of the sheets coming from the first processing station, is raised relative to the transport plane exclusively by the use of blown air, and a second subsequent sheet is slid under the rear edge of the respective preceding first sheet.