Device for conveying a continuous shingled sheet stream
US5531313A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 8, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jul 2, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 8, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H5/24
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Device for conveying a continuous shingled or overlapping sheet or copy stream to a rotary printing press, with a conveying table, at least one endless, revolvingly drivable conveyor belt surrounding the conveying table, and at least one suction box disposed beneath the conveying table and being connected through suction openings with the underside of the conveyor belt, the conveyor belt being formed with through-perforated suction holes, the suction box being formed with at least two suction chambers subjectible to negative pressure or vacuum independently of one another, includes a base member forming a suction box, profiled guide sections accommodated in the base member, suction ducts formed between edges of the profiled guide sections and boundaries of the base member, the edges forming a seal, and the suction ducts extending in different planes in the base member.
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