Sheet-guiding system for a printing press
US5787810A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 9, 1996 |
| Grant date | Aug 4, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 9, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41F21/102
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A sheet-guiding system for a printing press, the sheet-guiding system being disposed in the vicinity of a transfer drum located between two sheet-guiding cylinders, respectively, disposed upstream and downstream of the transfer drum, as viewed in a sheet travel direction, the transfer drum being provided with rows of grippers movable along a travel path and having at least nearly closed surfaces between the rows of grippers, including an air guide element disposed above the transfer drum at a slight spacing from the travel path of the gripper rows, the air guide element defining an air chamber at the top thereof, the air chamber extending from the upstream to the downstream sheet-guiding cylinder, and a blower device for applying air to the air chamber in a direction towards the downstream sheet-guiding cylinder.
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