Apparatus for the underlap imbricated feeding of sheet-like printing substates to a printing machine and method

US5636833A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

• Karl Maier · Kuchen, DE
• Arno Gartner · Hornberg, DE
• Nikola Pupic · Heusenstamm, DE
• Bert Cappel · Mühlheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 17, 1995
• Grant date: Jun 10, 1997
• Expiry date: Apr 17, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2406/321
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method for feeding a stream of underlap-imbricated sheet-like printing substrates to printing machine, the apparatus comprising a conveying table for conveying the stream in a conveying direction toward the printing, a source of compressed air, and at least one blowing device coupled to the source of compressed air, the blowing device being disposed in a region of the conveying table adjacent to printing machine, and including at least one opening disposed to direct compressed air beneath the imbricated stream in a direction opposite to the conveying direction.