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Sheet guiding device for printing presses

US5816155A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 15, 1997
Grant dateOct 6, 1998
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Expiry dateMay 15, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2406/30
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Sheet guiding device for a printing press having a guide surface member for guiding sheets includes blast air or suction nozzles provided in the guide surface member, the guide surface member being formed, as viewed in a sheet transport direction, successively of an entry region, a guide zone and an exit region, the nozzles provided in at least one of the entry and the exit regions of the guide surface member being suppliable selectively with suction or blast air in accordance with a type of printing material or stock to be processed, and the nozzles provided in the guide zone disposed between the entry region and the exit region of the guide surface member being suppliable with blast air, at least some of the nozzles being disposed so as to emit blast air substantially tangentially to a guide surface of the guide surface member.

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