Sheet-guiding assembly in a delivery system of a printing press

Sheet-guiding assembly in a sheet delivery system of a sheet-fed printing press, comprising a plurality of sheet grippers disposed on at least one endlessly revolving chain of a first gripper system for gripping a leading edge of a sheet, and a plurality of after-grippers disposed on at least one endlessly revolving chain of a second gripper system for gripping a trailing edge of the sheet, the sheet delivery system being extended in length and defining a horizontal transport path for the sheet therethrough, said first and second gripper systems being disposed so as to be adjustable in phase with respect to one another at the extended sheet delivery system, said sheet grippers and said after-grippers being attached to said first and said second gripper systems, respectively, for holding the sheet by the leading and trailing edges thereof, respectively, on the horizontal transport path of the sheet over the length of the sheet delivery system, each of the first and second gripper systems being formed of two laterally revolving delivery chains and of respective pluralities of gripper bars disposed transversely to the sheet transport direction of the sheet and connecting the delivery chains of each of the gripper systems to one another, and means for guiding a lower side of the delivery chains of one of the gripper systems and an upper side of the delivery chains of the other of the gripper systems in parallel with one another;

• wherein the endlessly revolving delivery chains of the first gripper system define an inner space, and the endlessly revolving gripper chains of the second gripper system are disposed within the inner space.