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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1995
Erich Zahn, Egelsbach, DE;
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Abstract
The combination of a sheet-processing machine and a transport system for sheet piles includes a device for passing sheets through the sheet-processing machine in a given direction of travel; a pile support assigned to the machine; a device for carrying the pile support; and a device for raising and lowering the carrying device together with the pile support to upper and lower levels, respectively; the carrying device including a first transport device for moving the pile support horizontally with respect to the carrying device; second transport device disposed on both sides of the sheet processing machine and assigned to the first transport device for moving the pile support horizontally; the first transport device of the carrying device in the lower-level position of the carrying device and the second transport device assigned to the first transport device forming a conveyor section composed of aligned conveyor section parts for transporting a pile support in a transport direction transverse to the given direction of travel; the pile support being formed as a flat pallet; and the conveyor section having guidance device comprising first and second guide elements in cooperative engagement directly with the flat pallet for rectilinearly guiding the flat pallet along the conveyor section.