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US 6,481,710 B2Granted
Apparatus for transporting individual sheets through a device for exposing or printing the sheets
AssigneeAgfa-Gevaert
InventorsWolf-Dieter Enders, Jürgen Heyne, Dietmar Schulz, Joachim Schwuchow
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Abstract
An apparatus for transporting individual sheets past an exposure station for exposing the individual sheets, including a roller that has parallel spaced annular grooves and has plurality of parallel endless belts on each side of the exposure station, which belts respectively overlie the grooves for pressing the individual sheets against the roller. Guiding fingers extend into the roller parallel annular grooves for lifting the individual sheets from the roller.
Claims13
Apparatus for transporting sheets comprising:
- a rotating roller having a plurality of spaced, parallel annular grooves across a portion of its length;
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- a plurality of endless belts spaced apart facing the roller with a sheet fed between said plurality of belts and said roller, a said endless belt overlying a respective annular groove of said roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.