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Method and device for feeding, aligning and holding a sheet on a sheet-processing machine

US5287809A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 4, 1992
Grant dateFeb 22, 1994
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Expiry dateMay 4, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H9/14
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of feeding, aligning and holding a sheet on a cylinder of a sheet-processing machine, which includes, prior to an occurrence of a gripping operation on a sheet at a cylinder of a sheet-processing machine, forcing a leading edge of the sheet into a contact position wherein the leading edge of the sheet is pressed against moving front lays which are guided over the cylinder, opening sheet grippers carried by the cylinder, inserting the leading edge of the sheet which is in the contact position into the sheet grippers, and maintaining the leading edge of the sheet in the contact position with the front lays until just before closing the sheet grippers; and a device for performing the method.

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