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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271218 ;
Abstract
A device for automatically performing nonstop pile changing in a delivery of a printing press, preferably having a high printing speed, includes a separator sword movable sidewise between two sheets for forming a gap therebetween, and supporting an upper one of the two sheets at a trailing-edge region thereof until an auxiliary pile carrier has reached an inserted position thereof The separator sword cooperates with a restraining or holding device formed as a separator wedge, so that the separator wedge is slidable under the separator sword and firmly holds the upper sheet at the trailing-edge region thereof by suction until the auxiliary pile carrier has been inserted