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US 5,439,206 AGranted
Product delivery system for a printing-press folder
AssigneeHeidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
InventorsGerd Raasch, Richard Mack
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AssigneeHeidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
InventorsGerd Raasch, Richard Mack
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Product delivery system for a printing-press folder having a cutting unit for dividing printed webs of material into a multiplicity of printed copies or signatures, and a gripper cylinder includes a device for alternatively feeding cross-folded copies from the gripper cylinder to a device for producing a second longitudinal fold and to delivery units disposed down-line therefrom, on the one hand, and to a further chargeable delivery unit for cross-folded copies, on the other hand, the copy delivery units being chargeable facultatively in accordance with a respective production mode, the alternative feeding device including a first conveyor surface formed of delivery belts encompassing a 90.degree.-turn, a second conveyor surface disposed within the folder and formed of a conveyor belt, and a swivelable diverter for selectively delivering copies alternatively onto the first conveyor surface and onto the second conveyor surface, the swivelable diverter being connectible with a stacker.
A product delivery system for a printing-press folder including a cutting unit for dividing printed webs of material into a multiplicity of printed copies or signatures, and a gripper cylinder, comprising means for alternatively feeding cross-folded copies from the gripper cylinder to a device for producing a second longitudinal fold and to delivery units disposed down-line therefrom, on the one hand, and to a further chargeable delivery unit for cross-folded copies, on the other hand, said copy delivery units being chargeable facultatively in accordance with a respective production mode, said alternative feeding means comprising a first conveyor surface formed of delivery belts encompassing a 90-turn, a second conveyor surface disposed within the folder and formed of a conveyor belt, and means comprising a swivelable diverter for selectively delivering copies alternatively onto said first conveyor surface and onto said second conveyor surface, said swivelable diverter being connectible with a stacker.
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