Machine for processing sheets having spring mounted throttled air nozzles

In a sheet-fed rotary printing machine having a transporting cylinder for transporting sheets, the transporting cylinder having a longitudinal axis the improvement comprising, a sheet-transporting device comprising:

• a plurality of air nozzles disposed in the transporting cylinder, said air nozzles of said plurality of air nozzles disposed offset in relation to one another in a direction at an angle to the longitudinal axis;
• a directing configuration for directing the sheets along the transporting cylinder, said directing configuration having springs and a plurality of directing air nozzles and cooperating with the transporting cylinder to transport the sheets between said directing configuration and the transporting cylinder, at least some of said directing air nozzles of said plurality of directing air nozzles being throttled air nozzles, and said throttled air nozzles of said plurality of directing air nozzles having nozzle bodies and being resiliently mounted by said springs for forcing said nozzle bodies out of said directing configuration;
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• at least one of said plurality of air nozzles and said plurality of directing air nozzles having unthrottled air nozzles.

A sheet processing machine having a transporting cylinder for transporting sheets, the machine comprising:

• a plurality of air nozzles disposed in a transporting cylinder having a cylinder longitudinal axis, said air nozzles of said plurality of air nozzles disposed offset in relation to one another in a direction at an angle to the cylinder longitudinal axis;
• a directing configuration for directing the sheets, said directing configuration having springs and a plurality of directing air nozzles and cooperating with the transporting cylinder to transport the sheets between said directing configuration and the transporting cylinder, at least some of said directing air nozzles of said plurality of directing air nozzles being throttled air nozzles, and said throttled air nozzles of said plurality of directing air nozzles having nozzle bodies and being resiliently mounted by said springs for forcing said nozzle bodies out of said directing configuration;
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• at least one of said plurality of air nozzles and said plurality of directing air nozzles having unthrottled air nozzles.