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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2013
Bobst Mex SA, Mex, CH;
Olivier Fauconneau, Strasbourg, FR;
Bernard Jaquet, Rue, CH;
BOBST MEX SA, , CH;
Abstract
A holding device () for a succession of sheet-shaped elements circulating in a processing machine () along conveying path T. The holding device () has two series () of a plurality of suction members (). At least one series of suction membersextends along and is movably mounted parallel to the transport path T of the sheets, between a retracted position and a deployed position. Each series is in an array, parallel to the transport path and the suction members are arranged spaced apart alongside one another, so that the array of members extend perpendicular to the conveying path T of the sheets and the suction members () of each series () are transversely offset relative to the suction members () of the other series ().