Device for transporting a sheet

A device for conveying sheets in a sheet processing machine comprising:

• at least one processing and conveying cylinder;
• a first sheet delivery device having a first conveying length, and a first sheet feeding device having a second conveying length, said first sheet delivery device and said first sheet feeding device being associated with said processing and conveying cylinder, said first conveying length being equal to said second conveying length;
• a first chain conveying system acting with said first sheet delivery device and with said first sheet feeding device;
• a first transfer point between said processing and conveying cylinder and said first sheet delivery device and a second transfer point between said processing and conveying cylinder and said first sheet feeding device, said first and second transfer points defining a first circumferential length on said processing and conveying cylinder;
• and
• a third transfer point between said first sheet delivery device and said first chain conveying system and a fourth transfer point between said first sheet feeding device and said first chain conveying system, said third and fourth transfer points defining a second circumferential length equal to said first circumferential length.