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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
May. 07, 2001
Dieter Karl-Heinz Dobberstein, Melsdorf, DE;
Joachim Heinrich Haupt, Eschorn, DE;
Karlheinz Walter Peter, Molfsee, DE;
Jürgen Sahlmann, Ellerdorf, DE;
Gerhard Rudolf Sing, Kiel, DE;
Rolf Johannes Spilz, Gettorf, DE;
Hans-Günter Werner Staack, Kiel, DE;
Frank Pierel, Kiel, DE;
Lutz Michael Wagner, Kiel, DE;
NexPress Solutions LLC, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a process and a device for alignment of sheet material ( ) which is conveyed in one conveyor plane ( ). The sheet material is conveyed on bodies ( ) of revolution and aligned by means of triggerable alignment elements ( ) in the conveyor direction ( ) and perpendicular to the conveyor direction ( ). The alignment elements ( ) are assigned to an alignment unit ( ). The alignment motion necessary for alignment of the sheet material in the conveyor direction ( ) and perpendicular thereto takes placed by separate alignment elements ( ) which can be triggered independently of one another during conveyance of the sheet material ( ) with the process speed.