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Sheet feeder of a printing press

US5451041A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 6, 1994
Grant dateSep 19, 1995
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Expiry dateMay 6, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H3/46
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Sheet feeder of a printing press having suckers for seizing an uppermost sheet of a sheet pile at a leading end of the uppermost sheet, at least one sheet-pile stop having an upper edge over which the uppermost sheet is liftable, and a pair of transport rollers to which the uppermost sheet is feedable includes grooves formed in the sheet-pile stop and extending parallel to leading and trailing edges of the sheets on the sheet pile.

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