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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 10, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Erich G Wieland, Wurzburg, DE;
Assignee:
Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft, Wurzburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101409 ; 271276 ; 271277 ; 271 82 ; 271195 ;
Abstract
A drum for transporting sheets includes a drum base body having a plurality of sheet leading edge grippers and a sheet trailing edge holding part. A plurality of movable suction nozzles are used to smooth the sheet on the surface of the drum and the drum base body and holding part are shiftable circumferentially to stretch the smoothed sheet so that all wrinkles and other defects will be removed from the sheet.