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Method and apparatus for conveying a sheet back into the overlapping stream in the event of a machine stop

US8006975B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

Andreas Müller · Wadgassen, DE
Burkhard Wolf · Dossenheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 14, 2009
Grant date	Aug 30, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 14, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65H2801/21
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and an apparatus are provided to convey and align sheets being fed to a processing machine. In the event of a machine “stop,” a sheet, which has been separated from an overlapping stream, is conveyed back into the overlapping stream by raising the rear sheet edge with a mechanical or pneumatic device.

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