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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2004
Hans Butterfass, Heidelberg, DE;
Wolfgang Dolz, Heidelberg, DE;
Hendrik Frank, Heidelberg, DE;
Andreas Henn, Neckargemünd, DE;
Markus Möhringer, Weinheim, DE;
Hans Butterfass, Heidelberg, DE;
Wolfgang Dolz, Heidelberg, DE;
Hendrik Frank, Heidelberg, DE;
Andreas Henn, Neckargemünd, DE;
Markus Möhringer, Weinheim, DE;
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Abstract
In a method and an apparatus for feeding sheets to a sheet-processing machine, the leading edge of the sheet is smoothed before the grippers are closed by further transport into the sheet-processing machine. A curvature or bend in the sheet transport direction is imparted to the sheet. The feed table has, in its feeder region, a curvature in the sheet transport direction, against which curvature the sheet leading edge is laid with the aid of pneumatic or mechanical devices.