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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Klaus-Ulrich Lange, Gersthofen, DE;
Friedrich Michaelis, Augsburg, DE;
Hermann Lenz, Konigsbrunn, DE;
Assignee:
MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG, Offenbach am Main, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
493424 ; 271277 ; 271 82 ; 493475 ;
Abstract
A gripper cylinder for a folding apparatus, the gripper cylinder having a cylinder shaft on which a cylinder body is mounted and at least two gripper stations mounted to the cylinder body. The gripper stations include grippers and corresponding gripper bases. An adjustment mechanism is provided for adjusting the distance between each gripper and its corresponding gripper base to correspond to the thickness of a product to be gripped. The gripper mechanism is operative to simultaneously adjust all of the gripper stations.