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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271261 ; 271227 ; 271265 ; 250561 ;
Abstract
A device for monitoring sheet transport at sheet feeders for printing machines includes at least one photo-sensor disposed above at each side, respectively, of the sheet feeder, apparatus for providing adjustable positioning of said photo-sensors in spaced relation to the leading edge and corners of the sheet; control logic responsively connected to the photo sensors for processing signals from the photo-sensor for producing a fault indication in case a sheet feeding failure is detected by the photo-sensors.