Apparatus and method for handling stacks of sheets

US6588744B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

• Jurgen Ries · Esslingen am Neckar, DE
• Horst Schempp · Esslingen am Neckar, DE
• Joachim Schneider · Ehringshausen, DE
• Andreas Trumpp · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 29, 2002
• Grant date: Jul 8, 2003
• Expiry date: May 29, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H31/22
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device is provided for holding one or more stacks of sheets, especially stacks of sheets that are stored offset to each other, for example by offset collating, that are output to an output station by a sheet processing device. According to an aspect of the invention, the device consists of a portable container that can be placed at the output station of the sheet processing device, which has a horizontally aligned stacking floor, two upright side walls that are opposite each other and an upright impact wall that is arranged downstream of the sheet output device for the stack of sheets.