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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2003
Volker Müller, Eppingen, DE;
Hendrik Frank, Heidelberg, DE;
Manfred Gross, Dossenheim, DE;
Karl-heinz Helmstädter, Heidelberg, DE;
Hans-peter Hiltwein, Waghäusel, DE;
Michael Krüger, Edingen-Neckarhausen, DE;
Siegfried Kurtzer, Edingen-Neckarhausen, DE;
Jürgen Maass, Wiesloch, DE;
Thomas Schaeffer, Mauer, DE;
Rolf Spilger, Viernheim, DE;
Norbert Thünker, Hirschberg, DE;
Volker Müller, Eppingen, DE;
Hendrik Frank, Heidelberg, DE;
Manfred Gross, Dossenheim, DE;
Karl-Heinz Helmstädter, Heidelberg, DE;
Hans-Peter Hiltwein, Waghäusel, DE;
Michael Krüger, Edingen-Neckarhausen, DE;
Siegfried Kurtzer, Edingen-Neckarhausen, DE;
Jürgen Maass, Wiesloch, DE;
Thomas Schaeffer, Mauer, DE;
Rolf Spilger, Viernheim, DE;
Norbert Thünker, Hirschberg, DE;
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Abstract
A gripper device in a sheet-processing machine includes a gripper, a gripper pad associated with the gripper and a first drive for moving the gripper out of an opened position thereof into a closed position thereof. The gripper is cooperatively engageable with the gripper pad for producing a clamping force for holding sheets being processed. A second drive is separately operable from the first drive during a production printing operation of the sheet-processing machine. The first and second drives are operable for positioning the gripper and/or the gripper pad so that clamping faces of one of the gripper and/or the gripper pad are movable by the second drive perpendicularly to clamping faces of the other of the gripper and/or the gripper pad.