Apparatus for the slowing of copies
AssigneeHeidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
InventorsAlain Blanchard, Dominique Boillot, Daniel Calvez, Robert Gaultier, Herve Henry, Philippe Herda, Pierre Hoynant, Emmanuel Lebeuf
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Abstract
An apparatus for the transport and slowing of folding copies in a folding machine. The folding copies are transported by belt groups, and the copies are removed from a surface of the copy-guiding cylinder by the belt groups. At least two belt groups are provided for transporting the folding copies. A belt group preceding a longitudinal-folding device is driven by a drive that is independent of the folding machine drive.
Claims11
An apparatus for transporting and slowing folding copies in a folding machine, comprising:
- a copy-guiding cylinder having a surface for transporting folding copies;
- at least two belt groups removing and further transporting the folding copies from said surface of said copy-guiding cylinder to a longitudinal-folding apparatus disposed downstream of one of said at least two belt groups;
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- an independent drive driving said one of said at least two belt groups preceding the longitudinal-folding apparatus.
A method for transporting and slowing folding copies, which comprises:
- removing folding copies from a surface of a copy-guiding cylinder to and by belt groups;
- slowing a velocity of the folding copies on a belt group of the belt groups that precedes a longitudinal-folding device;
- aligning the folding copies at aligning stops disposed on the longitudinal-folding station;
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- accelerating the belt group to an initial speed via an independent drive driving the belt group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.