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Device for delivering signatures in a printing press

US5359929A · kind A · utility

12Cited by
11References
13Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 25, 1993
Grant dateNov 1, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 25, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H29/40
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device (14) for delivering signatures (S) in a printing press (10) having a fly (18) having a plurality of open pockets (26) to receive the signatures (S), a device (20) for rotating the fly (18), a device (36) for stripping the signatures (S) from the fly (18) in an exit portion (34) of the fly (18), and a device (32 and 30) for driving the stripping device (36) at a speed relative to the speed of the fly (18) in a manner reducing their relative velocity less than the relative velocity between the fly (18) and a stationary condition of the stripping device (36).

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