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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8079588 | Mailpiece container for stacking mixed mail and method for stacking mail therein A system is provided for stacking mail having an escort assembly for handling each mailpiece. The system comprises a containment device, a transport mechanism and a detachment mechanism. The containment device includes a base, vertical walls extending from the base ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7530564 | Opposing link gripper A gripping device for gripping a printed product including a first gripper arm having a first gripper pad on one end pivotable about a first pivot, a second gripper arm having a second gripper pad on one end pivotable about a second pivot, and an actuator rotating t... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7434803 | Method and station for unblanked sheet delivery in a machine processing plate elements A delivery station and a method for unblanked sheet delivery uses a delivery pull-out frame provided with front jogging stops and transverse gripper bars. The ends of the bars are fixedly attached to two respective endless loops flexible drive elements for conveying... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7427064 | Machine for processing a sheet of printing material A machine for processing a sheet of printing material contains a first chain conveyor having a first gripper bar for holding a leading edge of the sheet, and a second chain conveyor having a rear gripper bar for simultaneously holding a trailing end of the sheet. A ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7367558 | Machine for processing printing material sheets A machine for processing printing material sheets has a signal generator for position monitoring and a sheet delivery. The sheet delivery has a first conveying device, for example with a holding crossmember, for leading sheet ends and a second conveying device, for ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7290952 | Recording apparatus with a slidably accommodated discharge tray The invention provides the recording apparatus, which has excellent operability of drawing and retracting the sheet discharge tray and excellent design in accommodating the sheet discharge tray and includes a sheet discharge mechanism having an advantage for miniatu... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7216758 | Conveyor with opposed spring-loaded grippers, and related conveyor link A link is disclosed for a conveyor suitable for conveying objects along a transport direction. The link includes a body having a length extending across the direction of transport and a width extending along the direction of transport. The body has a conveying surfa... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7207434 | Conveyor with center-actuatable gripper, and related conveyor link A conveyor is disclosed suitable for conveying objects along a transport direction. The conveyor includes a plurality of connected links, each link having a length extending across the direction of transport and a width extending along the direction of transport. Ea... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7055677 | Conveyor with movable grippers, and related conveyor link A conveyor suitable for conveying objects along a transport direction, and related links, are disclosed. The conveyor includes a plurality of connected links, each link having a length extending across the direction of transport and a width extending along the direc... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6976674 | Method of, and apparatus for, conveying sheet like products The invention relates to a method of, and an apparatus for, conveying sheet like products (10, 10′), in particular printed products. In each case two or more products (10, 10′) are gripped together, in the region of their leading edges (10 | 12/20/2005 |
| 6907316 | Insert machine The present invention discloses an improved insert machine for inserting flat material into an open pocket and, more particularly, to a straight line insert machine employed for printed matter such as newspapers. The machine includes an all-electronic control system... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6773008 | Apparatus for transporting sheet-like articles The invention relates to a device for conveying flat objects (46), especially products of a printing works, which comprises successively arranged conveying elements that are moved along a continuous track (16) in a direction of conveyance (F). Individu... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6722276 | Devices for turning sheets in a sheet-fed rotary printing machine Devices for turning sheets in a rotary printing machine are described. The devices have a storage drum for handling sheets, which are each held by a holding device, and a turning drum is disposed downstream of the storage drum and has a holding device for engaging a... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6715751 | Device for adjusting the position of sheet material when a direction of motion thereof is reversed A method of correcting a position of sheet material on conveying elements, the sheet material extending from a surface of a first sheet-conveying element to a surface of a second sheet-conveying element following downline from the first sheet-conveying element, as v... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6705608 | Sheet material conveying apparatus with adjustable top grippers for pockets A sheet material conveying apparatus has at least one pocket running along a track, the pocket including a base section for receiving sheet material and an upper section including at least one upper gripper for holding an edge of the sheet material. The at least one... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6705221 | Device for turning or reversing flat copies in half-revolution sheet-processing machines In a sheet-processing rotary printing machine operatable in recto printing and recto/verso printing modes, there is provided a device for reversing sheets, which includes a transfer drum bounded by two sheet-guiding cylinders, a reversing/storage drum and an additio... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6655681 | Sheet material conveying apparatus with individually-adjustable pockets A sheet material conveying apparatus includes a plurality of pockets, each pocket including a setting device for adjusting a height of the pocket when the pocket is stationary so as to define a set height. A sheet delivery section delivers sheet material ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6626429 | Method of setting guide elements for a flat material on the basis of printed-image information A method of setting guide elements for a flat material along a printing-material conveying path in a rotary printing machine includes determining a job-specifically optimized actuating position for a positioning of sheet-guiding elements and of sheet-conv... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6612567 | Adjustable gripping device for adjustable sheet-receiving pockets An adjustable gripper system for releasably holding at least one sheet against a surface includes a pivotable gripper shaft with a pivot axis and at least one gripper having a gripper body defining a plunger cavity, the gripper body connected to the shaft... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6575456 | Device for held conveyance of flat articles in a dense conveying stream For conveying flat articles (10) in dense conveying streams, grippers (3) conveyed one behind the other by conveying elements (1) are used, each gripper (3) holding one of the articles gripped in an edge zone. For increasing the possibilities for changing... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6488278 | Apparatus for feeding sheet-like articles to a processing arrangement The apparatus has a conveying arrangement (10) with clamps (12) which are arranged one behind the other and are driven along the circulatory path (18) in the direction of circulation (U). In the receiving section (16), the mouth (14) of the clamps (12) is... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6478297 | Arrangement for transporting flat blanks An arrangement is described for transporting cardboard blanks or the like in the flat, in particular for book cover or letter file machines. The arrangement includes at least two sequenced transport belts extending parallel to one another, which are guide... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6357741 | Velocity adjustable grippers on sliding carriage A movable gripper unit including a housing and a first gripper arm and a second gripper arm for gripping a printed product. The first and second gripper arms are slidingly supported with respect to the housing. The housing is movable along a track. Also d... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6322487 | Method and apparatus for delivery of flat printed products The present invention is generally directed to providing a method and apparatus for accurately and efficiently folding a flat product (e.g., a web of paper or signatures obtained therefrom) during its delivery. Exemplary embodiments provide a single devic... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6264192 | Process and apparatus for conveying pressroom products A process and apparatus for conveying printed products of the type having a main surface and a side edge, wherein each product is retained in the region of its side edge by an individual gripper, and wherein each gripper and its retained product are conve... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6254088 | Method of manufacturing printed products by insetting at least one subproduct into a main product and apparatus for carrying out the method A method and an apparatus for manufacturing printed products by insetting at least one subproduct and/or inserts into a main product, wherein at least the main products are grasped at the delivery of a printing machine by revolving gripping members of a c... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6213459 | Signature gripper and delivery device A signature gripper having a gripper pad for firmly gripping a signature; a gripper base connected to the gripper pad, the gripper pad being rotatable about the gripper base in a direction of rotation; and a spring acting in the direction of rotation to p... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6213457 | Apparatus and method for feeding sheet material magazines An apparatus for feeding flat products from a pile of flat products to a receiving location especially on a conveyor includes a plurality of delivering units for extracting a single flat product from the pile. Each of the delivering units has a first driv... | 04/10/2001 |
| 5660382 | Flexible conveying system Process for operating a piece-goods transporting apparatus such as printed products wherein the products which are fed individually one after the other are received at a receiving position by transporting members circulating in a continuously guide of the... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5611277 | Sheet-conveying drum for printing machines A sheet-conveying drum for use between units in a printing machine is provided with a plurality of gripper bridges arranged substantially circumferentially symmetrically on the drum surface. The gripper bridges include gripper impact strips that are adjus... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5465663 | Sheet-guiding drum for printing machines A sheet-guiding drum for use in printing machines and having gripper links spaced uniformly around the periphery of the drum. Gripper contact strips of the gripper links are adjusted uniformly in order to accommodate different printing material thicknesse... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5440983 | Swinging pregripper of a sheet-fed printing press Gripper control for a cyclically swingably driven pregripper for transporting single sheets in a sheet-fed printing press, the pregripper having at least one sheet gripper mounted on a free end of a swivel lever motorizingly pivotable about a frame-fixed ... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5390600 | Sheet gripper device on a paper-guiding cylinder of a sheet-fed printing press Sheet gripper device on a paper-guiding cylinder of a sheet-fed printing press includes a sheet gripper formed of a leaf spring and having a gripper tip located at an end thereof, a gripper pad engageable by the gripper tip, a control shaft for the grippe... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5351946 | Delivery apparatus for sheet-fed printing press A delivery apparatus for a sheet-fed printing press includes a holding member, a delivery chain, at least two sheet stacking units, an engaging member, and a switching unit. The switching unit selectively switches a sheet release position where the engagi... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5347928 | Plate clamping unit for offset press A groove extends in the axial direction of a plate cylinder to which a printing plate is mounted. First and second plate clamps are opposite to each other in the groove to clamp the ends of the plate. The second clamp has a pair of clamping modules. The f... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5303650 | Sheet gripper assembly A sheet gripper assembly includes a gripper shaft clamping member which is securely attachable to a gripper shaft. A gripper housing that includes a gripper arm and a gripper finger is secured to the gripper shaft clamping member through an elastic member... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5289768 | Gripper bar conveyor for multiple color offset rotary printing press A gripper bar conveyor mechanism for transferring sheets to be printed from one rotating impression cylinder to another in a multiple color rotary offset printer of the type having sets of impression cylinders and corresponding blanket cylinders for rolli... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5267510 | Mechanism for accurate-register sheet transfer and the transport of sheets between the printing units of a multi-color printing machine A chain operated sheet transport and transfer mechanism for sheet-fed printing machines having a plurality of printing units. The chain operated mechanism includes a plurality of gripper cars affixed to chains for movement between the printing units. The ... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5255605 | Sheet-gripper device for sheet-fed rotary printing presses A sheet-gripper device for sheet-fed rotary printing presses formed of a sheet gripper and a sheet-gripper seat, the sheet gripper comprising a sheet-gripper head and a gripper screw-on part, the sheet-gripper head being held by friction in the gripper sc... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5125334 | Sheet-fed printing machine for multi-color printing having adjustable gripper carriages In order to improve mechanical positive synchronization in a sheet-fed printing machine between gripper carriages guided in wave-like fashion through printing units on endless chains and the associated impression cylinder, the impression cylinders (1) hav... | 06/30/1992 |
