Method and apparatus for the formation of exact piles

US6142075A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• KBA-Planeta AG · DE

Inventors

• Michael Koch · Biberist, CH
• Volker Taschenberger · Coswig, DE
• Hans-Peter Zimmermann · Waldbronn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 20, 1998
• Grant date: Nov 7, 2000
• Expiry date: May 20, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2801/21
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for exact pile formation in printing press deliveries, which comprises printing, or printing and coating sheets in a printing press, transporting the printed or printed and coated sheets to a sheet delivery pile, releasing the sheets above the delivery pile, compacting the delivery pile by applying mechanical or pneumatic pressure thereonto, and removing the thus compacted delivery pile, and to apparatus for carrying out the foregoing method.