Sheet material conveying apparatus with height-adjustable pockets
AssigneeHeidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
InventorsMehmet Oktay Kaya, Heiner Phillipp Luxem, Glenn Alan Guaraldi
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Abstract
A sheet material conveying apparatus includes a plurality of pockets running along a track, each pocket including a setting device for adjusting a height of the pocket so as to define a set height. At least one setting actuator located to a side of the pockets is provided, with the setting actuator being selectively movable between a first position where the setting actuator contacts the setting device for adjusting the setting device when the pockets are stationary and a second position where the setting actuator is free from the setting device to allow movement of the pockets along the track.
Claims13
A sheet material conveying apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of pockets running along a track, each pocket including a setting device for adjusting a height of the pocket so as to define a set height, and
- at least one setting actuator located to a side of the pockets, the setting actuator being selectively movable between a first position where the setting actuator contacts the setting device for adjusting the setting device when the pockets are stationary and a second position where the setting actuator is free from the setting device to allow movement of the pockets along the track.
A method for setting a height of a sheet material pocket comprising the steps of:
- moving a plurality of pockets along a track, each pocket including a setting device for adjusting a height of the pocket;
- stopping the plurality of pockets;
- moving at least one setting actuator to contact the setting device of a first pocket of the plurality of pockets while the first pocket is stationary;
- setting the first pocket to a set height using the setting actuator;
- and
- removing the setting actuator from the setting device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.