Patent · US Expired

Stacking device for a machine for processing sheets and method for stacking sheets in one such machine

US6957943B2 · kind B2 · utility

8Cited by

1References

12Claims

0Family size

Assignee

KBA-GIORI S.A. · CH

Inventors

Thilo Hahn · Dettelbach, DE
Kurt Georg Nagler · Monsheim, DE
Johannes Georg Schaede · Würzburg, DE
Peter Wagner · Danville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 4, 2002
Grant date	Oct 25, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 4, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S414/108
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a stacking device for a machine for processing sheets, especially a sheet printing machine. Said device can be displaced between a first stacking position (02) and a second stacking position (03), and comprises carriers for a pallet receiving the stacked sheets in the first stacking position (02) and the second stacking position (03). The inventive device also comprises transport units (14, 16, 18) for transporting the pallets (09, 21) from each stacking position (02, 03) to a single pile of pallets (11), and for stacking the pallets (12, 19) in the pile of pallets (11).

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