Feed table in the vicinity of a side lay

US5299799A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

• Karl-Heinz Filsinger · Wiesloch, DE
• Peter Thoma · Mannheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 7, 1993
• Grant date: Apr 5, 1994
• Expiry date: Apr 7, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H9/103
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Feed table in the vicinity of a side lay of a sheet-fed printing press includes a table cover having a continuous surface between a table surface covering a center of a feed table and a side lay, the table cover having the continuous surface being formed with regions having at least one characteristic of being compressible and expandable in a direction of lateral displacement of the side lay, support elements defining a uniform sheet guiding plane and being adjustable in position in the direction of lateral displacement of the side lay, and a device for adjusting the position of the support elements in accordance with an extent of compression and expansion, respectively, of the compressible and expandable regions.