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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2002
Ralf Wadlinger, Hockenheim, DE;
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Abstract
A device for feeding sheets to a sheet-processing machine includes a feeding table. Front lays are disposed at a front end of the feeding table, as viewed in a sheet-conveying direction. A first guide device is disposed immediately upstream from the front lays, as viewed in the sheet-conveying direction, and above the feeding table, and is adjustable vertically with respect to the feeding table. A second guide device is disposed upstream from the vertically adjustable first guide device, as viewed in the sheet-conveying direction. The second guide device is disposed in a position oriented parallel to the first guide device. A method of operating the sheet-feeding device is also provided.