Patent · US Expired

Device having a cylinder including a gripper system

US6659008B2 · kind B2 · utility

5Cited by

3References

11Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

Stefan Mutschall · Östringen, DE
Norbert Thunker · Weinheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 20, 2002
Grant date	Dec 9, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 20, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41F21/10
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device includes a cylinder having a gripper system for holding a sheet of printable material, the gripper system having at least one gripper mounted so as to be pivotable relative to at least one gripper support and being capable of performing a dipping movement into a channel formed in the cylinder below an outer jacket contour thereof, and having a control cam for controlling the pivoting of the gripper relative to the gripper support, the control cam also serving to control the dipping movement of the gripper system into the channel.

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