Patent · US Expired

Supporting or guiding device for sheets in a sheet processing machine, particularly a printing press

US6739254B2 · kind B2 · utility

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3Claims

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Assignee

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

Eckart Frankenberger · Darmstadt, DE
Peter Hachmann · Dossenheim, DE
Peter Thoma · Mannheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 25, 2003
Grant date	May 25, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 25, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65H2406/113
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A supporting or guiding device for sheets in a sheet processing machine includes a supporting or guiding layer having a supporting or guiding surface formed with a plurality of outlet openings for applying a throttled air flow therethrough to a respective sheet. A covering plate is spaced away from the supporting or guiding surface, and at least two intermediate layers are formed with a plurality of openings and disposed between the supporting or guiding surface and the covering plate. The covering plate is connected via a plurality of inlet openings to at least one blast air source. A respective opening formed in one of the intermediate layers is connected to two respective openings formed in the other of the intermediate layers, and an opening formed in the other intermediate layer is connected to two respective openings formed in the one intermediate layer, between one of the respective inlet openings and one of the respective outlet openings associated therewith.

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