Device and method for aligning sheets

US7011305B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

• Peter Förch · Neustadt, DE
• Andreas Henn · Trochtelfingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 2, 2001
• Grant date: Mar 14, 2006
• Expiry date: May 2, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2555/23
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for aligning sheets prior to transferring the sheets to a sheet-processing machine includes at least one sheet-gripping device by the aid of which the sheet to be aligned is displaceable, the sheet-gripping device having at least one positioning table displaceable by an actuating drive in at least one of a sheet travel direction, transversely to the sheet travel direction, and in a direction wherein it is pivoted about an axis extending in a direction orthogonal to the sheet travel direction, the sheet to be aligned being fixable on the positioning table; and a method for aligning sheets by the device.