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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2000
Apparatus for transporting single sheets through a device for exposing or printing the single sheets
Applicant:
Inventor:
Heinrich Hünniger, Gumperda, DE;
Assignee:
AGFA-Gevaert AG, Leverkusen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/02 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for transporting single sheets through a device for exposing or printing the single sheets, with a drum and means that press the single sheets against the drum, with a processing station having a processing gap, with the single sheets being exposed or printed in the processing station, includes means that limit the processing gap. According to the invention, a belt unit is provided that presses the single sheets against the drum, with the belt unit having a plurality of parallel extending continuous belts that are mutually decoupled in their movement and can be driven exclusively directly or indirectly through coupling with the drum surface.