Printing press coupler accumulator
US6016747A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 16, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jan 25, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 16, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2406/34
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A sheet accumulator for advancing successive sheets between first and second color printing presses comprising an accumulator sheet conveyor for advancing sheets from one press to the other press, a sheet lifter at the conveyor to lift a first sheet and thereby enable the sheet conveyor to advance a second sheet beneath the first sheet, and a sheet sensor at the conveyor, operably associated with the sheet lifter to actuate and deactuate the sheet lifter based on the position of the sheet.
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