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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
John Laurence Herman, Huber Heights, OH (US);
Assignees:
Heidelberg Finishing Systems, Dayton, OH (US);
Heidelberg Druckmaschinen, Heidelberg, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271270 ; 271276 ; 271277 ; 271183 ; 271 82 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a sheet handling apparatus having a hopper drum (1) for receiving individual signatures (23) from a feed tray, the hopper drum being equipped with at least one set of signature seizing grippers (16). A hopper drum surface element (13) revolves counter to a direction of rotation (7) of the hopper drum (1) upon reversal of direction (33) of the signatures (23). A seizing element (26) is assigned to the direction reversal position (38) of the signatures (23).