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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2010
Applicants:
Detlef Schulze-hagenest, Molfsee, DE;
Soenke Dehn, Daenischenhagen, DE;
Eckhard Bauer, Kiel, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 29/32 (2006.01); B65H 5/02 (2006.01); B65H 39/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a sheet transport device () comprising a first and a second opposing transport units (), each comprising at least one circulating conveyor belt () and one vacuum suction device () that is in relation with the conveyor belt, said vacuum suction devices being individually actuatable so as to attract a sheet (), located between the transport units, to the one or the other conveyor belt. Such a sheet transport device is used, for example, in a printing machine. The invention also relates to a method for transporting a sheet to this sheet transport device.