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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1996
Eckhard Schneider, Stadtberqen, DE;
Man Roland Druckmaschinen AG, Augsburg, DE;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for guiding a sheet in a folding device of a printing machine includes a belt conveyor system and a bucket wheel conveyor system including a bucket wheel. The belt conveyor system includes two belts rotated by a plurality of rollers. Two of the rollers are disposed at a delivery area near the bucket wheel. The two rollers include a ridge imparting mechanism for introducing a ridge or corrugation to a sheet being fed between the belts and between the rollers. The two rollers are disposed in a common horizontal plane and are spaced at a substantially equal distance from the bucket wheel in a vertical direction relative to the bucket wheel. At least one of the two rollers is adjustable relative to the other roller so as to adjustably increase or decrease a degree or depth of ridge that is applied to the sheet. A guide member is disposed between the two rollers and the bucket wheel to prevent a sheet from being diverted from the bucket wheel.