Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag

J&uuml;rgen Ries

Joachim Schneider

Kurt Blank

Gerhard Glemser

Horst Schempp

Olaf Martens

Andreas Trumpp

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

According to one aspect of the invention, an apparatus and process are provided for transporting sheet-shaped print material. A first transport element and a first contact element are actuated to transport a sheet-shaped print material with alignment against an alignment stop. A second transport element and a second contact element are actuated to transport sheet-shaped print material past the alignment stop without alignment against the alignment stop.

Apparatus and process for transporting sheet-shaped print materials

A device is provided for holding one or more stacks of sheets, especially stacks of sheets that are stored offset to each other, for example by offset collating, that are output to an output station by a sheet processing device. According to an aspect of the invention, the device consists of a portable container that can be placed at the output station of the sheet processing device, which has a horizontally aligned stacking floor, two upright side walls that are opposite each other and an upright impact wall that is arranged downstream of the sheet output device for the stack of sheets.

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Ostfildern, Germany

Jürgen Ries

Growing community of inventors

Ostfildern, Germany

J&uuml;rgen Ries

Jürgen Ries