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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:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
May. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter Merkli, Oftringen, CH;
Assignee:
Grapha-Holding AG, Hergiswil, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 2/906 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 2/906 ;
Abstract
A device for placing printed sheets on a guide includes a mechanism for accelerating a printed sheet in an off-transport direction to a transverse velocity before the printed sheet is placed on the guide. The mechanism includes a gripping device for grasping the printed sheet by the front end thereof as seen in the off-transport direction and for accelerating the printed sheet in the off-transport direction by pulling the printed sheet.