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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1995
Andreas Detmers, Mauer, DE;
Gunter Stephan, Wiesloch-Baiertal, DE;
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Abstract
Method for guiding a sheet in vicinity of a sheet slow-down device of a sheet-processing machine. The sheet is gripped at a leading edge thereof with of a gripper system and the sheet is transported in a sheet-transport direction along a sheet travel path. The sheet has a defined region with which the sheet comes into contact with a sheet slow-down device for subsequently forming a sheet pile, and directing the sheet, in the vicinity of the sheet slow-down device, into a range of influence of a flotation guide produced along a guiding surface member by an air flow. The flotation guide, without taking into account the influence of the sheet slow-down device, is effective for bringing the sheet to a normal flotation level located above the guiding surface member. The sheet is supplied to the sheet slow-down device at a height level above the normal flotation level in order to form sheet-stabilizing vacuum forces resulting from the air flow. There is also disclosed a device for performing the method.