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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stefan Mutschall, Walldorf, DE;
Norbert Thünker, Hirschberg, DE;
Assignee:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 2/712 ; B41F 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 2/712 ; B41F 2/100 ;
Abstract
A device includes a cylinder having a gripper system for holding a sheet of printable material, the gripper system having at least one gripper mounted so as to be pivotable relative to at least one gripper support and being capable of performing a dipping movement into a channel formed in the cylinder below an outer jacket contour thereof, and having a control cam for controlling the pivoting of the gripper relative to the gripper support, the control cam also serving to control the dipping movement of the gripper system into the channel.