EP0725025A3 - Sheet guiding device for printing machines - Google Patents

Sheet guiding device for printing machines Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0725025A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: guiding device; printing machines; sheet guiding; sheet; machines
Prior art date: 1995-02-01
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP95119931A

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German (de)

French (fr)

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EP0725025B1 (en

EP0725025A2 (en

Inventor

Guenter Stephan

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Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG

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Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG

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1995-02-01

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1995-12-18

Publication date

1997-07-09

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1995-12-18 Application filed by Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG filed Critical Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG

1996-08-07 Publication of EP0725025A2 publication Critical patent/EP0725025A2/en

1997-07-09 Publication of EP0725025A3 publication Critical patent/EP0725025A3/en

1998-04-08 Application granted granted Critical

1998-04-08 Publication of EP0725025B1 publication Critical patent/EP0725025B1/en

2015-12-18 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
- B41F25/00—Devices for pressing sheets or webs against cylinders, e.g. for smoothing purposes
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
- B65H29/02—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by mechanical grippers engaging the leading edge only of the articles
- B65H29/04—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by mechanical grippers engaging the leading edge only of the articles the grippers being carried by endless chains or bands
- B65H29/041—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by mechanical grippers engaging the leading edge only of the articles the grippers being carried by endless chains or bands and introducing into a pile
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
- B65H29/02—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by mechanical grippers engaging the leading edge only of the articles
- B65H29/06—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by mechanical grippers engaging the leading edge only of the articles the grippers being carried by rotating members
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
- B65H5/08—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by grippers, e.g. suction grippers
- B65H5/12—Revolving grippers, e.g. mounted on arms, frames or cylinders
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
- B65H5/36—Article guides or smoothers, e.g. movable in operation
- B65H5/38—Article guides or smoothers, e.g. movable in operation immovable in operation
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H2406/00—Means using fluid
- B65H2406/10—Means using fluid made only for exhausting gaseous medium
- B65H2406/11—Means using fluid made only for exhausting gaseous medium producing fluidised bed
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H2406/00—Means using fluid
- B65H2406/30—Suction means

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
Feeding Of Articles By Means Other Than Belts Or Rollers (AREA)
Supply, Installation And Extraction Of Printed Sheets Or Plates (AREA)
Delivering By Means Of Belts And Rollers (AREA)

EP95119931A 1995-02-01 1995-12-18 Sheet guiding device for printing machines Expired - Lifetime EP0725025B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
DE19503110		1995-02-01
DE19503110A DE19503110B4 (en)	1995-02-01	1995-02-01	Sheet guiding device for printing machines

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0725025A2 EP0725025A2 (en)	1996-08-07
EP0725025A3 true EP0725025A3 (en)	1997-07-09
EP0725025B1 EP0725025B1 (en)	1998-04-08

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ID=7752817

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP95119931A Expired - Lifetime EP0725025B1 (en)	1995-02-01	1995-12-18	Sheet guiding device for printing machines

Country Status (4)

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US (1)	US5816155A (en)
EP (1)	EP0725025B1 (en)
JP (3)	JPH08244206A (en)
DE (3)	DE19503110B4 (en)

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- 1995-12-18 DE DE59501845T patent/DE59501845D1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1995-12-18 EP EP95119931A patent/EP0725025B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
1996
- 1996-01-30 JP JP8014023A patent/JPH08244206A/en active Pending
1997
- 1997-05-15 US US08/857,133 patent/US5816155A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
1998
- 1998-06-30 JP JP10184383A patent/JP3025477B2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
2000
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Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
US5816155A (en)	1998-10-06
JPH11245380A (en)	1999-09-14
JP3444487B2 (en)	2003-09-08
DE19549589B4 (en)	2005-11-17
EP0725025B1 (en)	1998-04-08
JP3025477B2 (en)	2000-03-27
DE19503110B4 (en)	2009-01-29
DE19503110A1 (en)	1996-08-08
EP0725025A2 (en)	1996-08-07
JPH08244206A (en)	1996-09-24
DE59501845D1 (en)	1998-05-14
JP2000168047A (en)	2000-06-20

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