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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1993
Karl-Heinz Filsinger, Wiesloch, DE;
Peter Thoma, Mannheim, DE;
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Abstract
Feed table in the vicinity of a side lay of a sheet-fed printing press includes a table cover having a continuous surface between a table surface covering a center of a feed table and a side lay, the table cover having the continuous surface being formed with regions having at least one characteristic of being compressible and expandable in a direction of lateral displacement of the side lay, support elements defining a uniform sheet guiding plane and being adjustable in position in the direction of lateral displacement of the side lay, and a device for adjusting the position of the support elements in accordance with an extent of compression and expansion, respectively, of the compressible and expandable regions.