Sheet material conveying apparatus with adjustable top grippers for pockets
AssigneeHeidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
InventorsWilliam Alan Kish, Mehmet Oktay Kaya, Heiner Philipp Luxem
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Abstract
A sheet material conveying apparatus has at least one pocket running along a track, the pocket including a base section for receiving sheet material and an upper section including at least one upper gripper for holding an edge of the sheet material. The at least one upper gripper is movable between a gripping position and a non-gripping position, and the upper section is movable with respect to the base section to alter a distance of the at least one upper gripper with respect to the base section.
Claims9
A sheet material conveying apparatus comprising:
- a track;
- and
- at least one pocket running along the track, the pocket including a base section for receiving sheet material and an upper section including at least one upper gripper for holding an edge of the sheet material, the at least one upper gripper being movable between a gripping position and a non-gripping position, and the upper section being movable with respect to the base section to alter a distance of the at least one upper gripper with respect to the base section.
A method for setting a distance of a top gripper of a pocket comprising the steps of:
- moving a plurality of pockets along a track;
- gripping sheet products by rotating the upper gripper about a rotational axis;
- and
- adjusting the distance of the rotational axis of the top gripper from a base section of the pocket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.