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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rudolf Leib, Wiesloch, DE;
Günter Stephan, Wiesloch, DE;
Assignee:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 1/308 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 1/308 ;
Abstract
A sheet-fed rotary printing machine has a plurality of units arranged in tandem, at least one of the units including a first cylinder for transporting a sheet and a second cylinder disposed opposite the first cylinder, the first cylinder and the second cylinder being mounted so as to be disengageable from one another; the second cylinder being stoppable and having a device by which an outer portion of the second cylinder is displaceable; and a method of transporting a sheet through a unit of the printing machine.