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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2003
Willi Becker, Bammental, DE;
Daniel Conzelmann, Dielheim, DE;
Karl-heinz Helmstädter, Heidelberg, DE;
Thorsten Eckart, Ilvesheim, DE;
Christian Görbing, Heidelberg, DE;
Hans-peter Hiltwein, Waghäusel, DE;
Olaf Lorenz, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Stefan Mutschall, Östringen, DE;
Peter Thoma, Mannheim, DE;
Willi Becker, Bammental, DE;
Daniel Conzelmann, Dielheim, DE;
Karl-Heinz Helmstädter, Heidelberg, DE;
Thorsten Eckart, Ilvesheim, DE;
Christian Görbing, Heidelberg, DE;
Hans-Peter Hiltwein, Waghäusel, DE;
Olaf Lorenz, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Stefan Mutschall, Östringen, DE;
Peter Thoma, Mannheim, DE;
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Abstract
A method of varying a drum profile of a vario drum for transporting printing material sheets, in which shell segments of the vario drum are pivoted inward and outward. Sheet supporting elements assigned to the shell segments are reversibly deformed by pivoting the shell segments. A vario drum suitable for implementing the method and a machine containing the vario drum for processing printing material sheets contain the shell segments and the associated sheet supporting elements.