Patent · US Expired

Protective device for a delivery device

US7073788B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

5References

16Claims

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Assignee

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

Markus Donges · Ludwigshafen, DE
Helmut Meyer · Hilden, DE
Robert Mueller · Kenmore, US
Holger Scholz · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 19, 2003
Grant date	Jul 11, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 19, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65H2407/10
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for operating a machine that processes printing substrates in sheet form, in particular, a printing press, including a delivery device (1) which contains a drive (2) for conveying the substrate sheets and at least one opening (8) through which the substrate sheets are conveyed from the inside (4) of the delivery device (1) to an externally accessible region (6), and further including a control device which controls at least one closing device (7) for opening or closing the opening (8) and which is operatively connected to the drive (2) of the delivery device (1). Also provided is a device for carrying out the method. The present invention has the feature that the opening (8) is closed or is closed by the control device when no substrate sheet is conveyed through the opening (8).

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