Device for simultaneously holding by suction and transporting a sheet
US6834949B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 6, 2002 |
| Grant date | Dec 28, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 6, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J11/007
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A device for holding a sheetlike article on a movable underlying surface for transporting the sheetlike article in at least one direction selected from the group consisting of a direction into and a direction out of an operating station having a printing unit, includes a member having a surface underlying the sheetlike article, the sheetlike article being retainable by pneumatic pressure on the surface, a screening device disposed locally fixedly with respect to an operating station, the screening device serving for reducing an airflow in a region of the printing unit at least with respect to adjacent regions, the reduction in the airflow resulting from the sheetlike article being held on the underlying surface.
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