Sheet delivery in a printing press

Sheet delivery device in a printing press having stops and sheet pushers or sliders for forming a sheet pile on a changeable sheet-pile carrier, and a conveyor system for transporting sheets successively to a location above the sheet pile, comprising means actuatable, upon the occurrence of a pile change, for stabilizing the sheets forming the sheet pile, said stabilizing means forming a releasable adhesive connection of sheet edges at least at one side of the pile and in an upper region of the pile, wherein said stabilizing means for stabilizing the pile of sheets include an applicator for applying an adhesive to edges of the sheets forming the pile, wherein said adhesive is disposed on a rolled-up adhesive tape, and said adhesive applicator comprises a dispenser and a cutting device for adhesively fastening segments of the adhesive tape to the pile.

Sheet delivery device in a printing press having stops and sheet pushers or sliders for forming a sheet pile on a changeable sheet-pile carrier, and a conveyor system for transporting sheets successively to a location above the sheet pile, comprising means actuatable, upon the occurrence of a pile change, for stabilizing the sheets forming the sheet pile, said stabilizing means forming a releasable adhesive connection of sheet edges at least at one side of the pile and in an upper region of the pile, wherein, mounted on a frame of the printing press, are a dispenser mechanism for an adhesive tape and a contact pressure device for a segment of adhesive tape dispensable and severable from a supply roll by the dispenser mechanism, said dispenser mechanism and said contact pressure device being disposed against the edges of upper sheets in the pile and against an edge of the uppermost sheet in the pile and being movable between an operatively functional position and a position of repose.