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US 7,726,651 B2Granted
Apparatus for ejecting sheets
AssigneeHeidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
InventorsAndreas Böttger, Andreas Detmers, Peter Förch, Edmund Klein, Oliver Lang, Sven Lippardt, Markus Möhringer, Patrick Roth
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Abstract
An apparatus for ejecting sheets from a sheet transport path onto an auxiliary stack disposed upstream of a main stack, includes a planar sheet guide surface having a sheet ejection opening formed therein. The sheet ejection opening is closed by a sheet separating element and a flap, in a closed state. The separating element and the flap also serve as guide elements during the ejection of sheets.
Claims7
An apparatus for ejecting sheets from a sheet transport path, the apparatus comprising:
- a sheet deposit stack;
- a sheet discharge system for transporting the sheets to said sheet deposit stack;
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- a sheet guide device with an ejection opening formed therein, said sheet guide device having a flap and a separating element in vicinity of said ejection opening, said flap being pivotable and having a guide surface for guiding the sheets both during discharge of the sheets and during ejection of the sheets.
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