Apparatus and method for delivering printed products in a rotary printing press
AssigneeHeidelberg Harris, Inc.
InventorsRichard E. Breton, Mark A. Wingate
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for delivering printed products in a rotary printing press is disclosed. Printed products are gripped by a gripping means on a paper-conducting cylinder and transferred to a fan wheel having a plurality of fan-wheel discs defined by a plurality of fan blades. The fan blades remove the printed products directly from the circumferential surface of the paper-conducting cylinder. As the printed products are removed from the paper-conducting cylinder they are guided into fan-wheel pockets formed between adjacent fan blades and slowed down.
Claims14
An apparatus for delivering printed products in a rotary printing press, comprising:
- at least one paper-conducting cylinder having at least one means for gripping printed products disposed thereon;
- at least one fan wheel associated with the paper-conducting cylinder having a plurality of fan-wheel discs, each disc defined by a plurality of fan-blades which remove the printed products directly from the circumferential surface of the paper-conducting cylinder;
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- fan-wheel pockets formed between adjacent fan blades which receive the printed products.
A method for delivering printed products in a rotary printing press, comprising the steps of:
- transporting printed products to at least one paper-conducting cylinder having at least one means for gripping the printed products disposed thereon;
- removing the printed products directly from the circumferential surface of the paper-conducting cylinder with a plurality of fan blades of at least one fan wheel associated with the paper-conducting cylinder, the fan wheel having a plurality of fan-wheel discs defined by the plurality of fan blades;
- and guiding the printed products into fan-wheel pockets formed between adjacent fan blades.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.