Eastman-kodak Company

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag

Nexpress Solutions, Inc.

Gerhard Glemser

Juergen Ries

Ulrich Fischer

J&uuml;rgen Ries

Helmut Bloser

Joachim Schneider

Allen Heberling

Helmut Stohrer

Roman Fietze

Peter Herbster

Albrecht Proebstle

Felix Ebner

Dirk Langebrake

Russell Godshalk

Werner Schuette

The invention is in the field of aligning sheets of printed materials, of the type that aligns sheets of printed materials for a desired output, for example, from a finishing device. According one aspect of the invention, an alignment device is provided configured as a separate, replaceable unit. According to a further aspect of the invention, an alignment device and process are provided wherein a sheet is inverted about one or both axes.

Device for aligning sheets of printed materials

Method for controlling the flow of paper objects in a paper processing system

Apparatus for monitoring and controlling a combination which includes a main device (2) and at least one auxiliary device (20). The main device (2) includes a stop button (14a), at least one drive motor (13a), and a plurality of safety switches (15a). In addition, an electrical control circuit (8), which has on the auxiliary device side an input (11) through which the auxiliary device (20) and the electrical control circuit (8) are connected to an individual signal line (21) and a ground line (23) of the auxiliary device (20), is installed in the main device (2). On the main device side, the electrical control circuit (8) has two inputs (12, 13) and two outputs (14, 15).

Method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling a device combination

An apparatus for removing copies and/or documents from a machine has a catch and removal tray (2) which can be extended telescopically out of the machine (1). The catch and removal tray (2) consists of a fixed section (3) inside the machine (1) and a movable section (4) which can be drawn out of the machine (1). The fixed section of the tray (3) acts as a catch tray for documents processed by the machine (1) and has a drive mechanism (6, 7, 19) which drives a sliding panel (5) which extends downwards into the fixed section of the tray (3) and which pushes the stack of documents (8) from the fixed section of the tray (3) into the extended movable section of the tray (4). The fixed section of the tray (3) has a photoelectric cell (20) which activates the sliding panel (5) when the stack of documents reaches the maximum height. Another sensor detects whether the movable section of the tray (4) is in the extended position and whether or not it is empty and sends an appropriate signal to a control unit which only sets the sliding panel (5) in motion when the movable section of the tray (4) is in the extended position and is empty.

Apparatus for removing copies and/or documents from a machine

An apparatus (1) for depositing sheet products (39, 40) at an offset has a deposition tray (2) that can be rotated alternately by 180 degrees in opposite directions about a vertical axis (41), and is equipped with a vertically movable deposition table (34). Delimiters (19, 20), arranged symmetrically to the rotation axis (41) and parallel to one another, and extending transverse to transport direction A of the sheet products (39, 40), are provided above a top starting position of the deposition table (34). Associated with each of the delimiters (19 or 20) are pivotedly arranged holding elements (17, 33 or 18, 32), which can be placed on the sheet products (39, 40) deposited on the deposition table (34). The delimiters (19 or 20) and the associated holding elements (17, 33 or 18, 32) are each configured as horizontally displaceable assemblies (21, 22). The delimiters (19 and 20) are adjusted to a distance from the rotation axis (41) that is greater, with respect to the transport direction (A), that half the width of the sheet product (39, 40). During deposition of the sheet products (39, 40), which occurs at an acute angle (.alpha.) as far as the respective delimiter (19 or 20) serving as the stop, deposition at an offset to one another by an amount (x) in each case is achieved by the alternating 180-degree rotation of the deposition tray.

Apparatus for stacking sheet products at an offset from one another

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Gerhard Glemser