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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1999
Frank Gunschera, Nussloch, DE;
Roland Hirth, Romerberg, DE;
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft, Heidelberg, DE;
Abstract
A chain conveyor for transporting sheets in a sheet-processing printing press, having chain guide rails which, together with a holder for carrying the guide rails, define an interior having an open long side, and having conveyor chains carrying gripper systems for gripping the sheets. The conveyor chains being guidable by the chain guide rails, being formed by outer tabs and inner tabs joined together swivellably with respect to pivot axes and, on a side thereof, having cover tabs for covering the open long side, includes detent elements on the cover tabs for connecting the cover tabs form-lockingly to a respective outer tab; and a sheet-fed printing press having the foregoing chain conveyor.