Patent · US Expired

Device for conveying plate-like matter within a rotary printing machine

US5004221A · kind A · utility

18Cited by
3References
11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 11, 1989
Grant dateApr 2, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 11, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2701/1762
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for conveying a sheet of material from one printing unit to a second printing unit consisting of a frame having horizontal lateral beams, a plurality of cross-shafts extending between the beams, each shaft being provided with a plurality of axially-spaced rollers, a plate being mounted on a lower surface of each of the lateral beams having apertures arranged to allow a lower portion of each roller to extend therethrough and an arrangement for applying a suction to the interior of the frame to draw air in the gap between each aperture and roller to hold a sheet against the rollers as it is conveyed from one unit to the next.

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