Patent · US Expired

Device for conveying sheets from a printing press to a sheet pile

US5390911A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 21, 1994
Grant dateFeb 21, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 21, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2801/21
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Device for conveying sheets from a printing press to a sheet pile includes revolving endless conveyor members looped about at least two rotating members having respective horizontal axes of rotation disposed parallel to one another, one of the rotating members being disposed at a location remote from the printing press, mechanical grippers carried by the endless conveyor members for gripping only respective leading edges of sheets, the endless conveyor members having respective upper sides moving along a conveying path in a given conveying direction for carrying thereon sheets conveyable away from the printing press, revolving endless guiding members disposed over part of the conveying path along and adjacent the upper side of the endless conveyor members and along a part of the endless conveyor members looped about the one of the rotating members disposed at the location of the endless conveyor members remote from the printing press, and pneumatic equipment disposed along the endless guiding members for exerting a force in a direction substantially perpendicular to the conveying direction upon the respective sheets being conveyed, the endless conveyor members having an underside, …

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