Patent · US Expired

Gripper cylinder in a folding apparatus

US6048297A · kind A · utility

13Cited by

4References

15Claims

0Family size

Assignee

MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

Klaus-Ulrich Lange · Gersthofen, DE
Friedrich Michaelis · Augsburg, DE
Hermann Lenz · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 6, 1995
Grant date	Apr 11, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 6, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65H2511/224
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gripper cylinder for a folding apparatus, the gripper cylinder having a cylinder shaft on which a cylinder body is mounted and at least two gripper stations mounted to the cylinder body. The gripper stations include grippers and corresponding gripper bases. An adjustment mechanism is provided for adjusting the distance between each gripper and its corresponding gripper base to correspond to the thickness of a product to be gripped. The gripper mechanism is operative to simultaneously adjust all of the gripper stations.

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