Global Patent Index - EP 0587531 B1

EP 0587531 B1 19950531 - Method and device for feeding correctly orientated sheets to a folding machine.

Title (en)

Method and device for feeding correctly orientated sheets to a folding machine.

Title (de)

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur lagerichtigen Zufuhr von Blattbogen zu einer Faltmaschine.

Title (fr)

Procédé et dispositif pour alimentes des feuilles à une machine à plier avec une orientation correcte.

Publication

EP 0587531 B1 19950531 (DE)

Application

EP 93810601 A 19930824

Priority

CH 281092 A 19920908

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0587531A2] The sheet format (3) output from a printer (1) is sensed on a feed table (2) by sensors (4-8). Predetermined sheet formats have to be rotated through 90 DEG so that they can subsequently be fed in a positionally correct manner to a folding machine (9). The rotation operation for selected sheets (3) is carried out by lifting the sheet by means of a lifting-rotating element (18). After the rotation operation and lowering, the sheet is conveyed away at elevated speed and fed to a folding machine in a direction (Z2) identical to the feed-in direction (Z1). This results in a very compact design with low space requirement between the printer (1) and folding machine (9). <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

B65H 9/12; B65H 5/18; B65H 9/00

IPC 8 full level

B65H 5/06 (2006.01); B65H 9/12 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

B65H 5/062 (2013.01 - EP US); B65H 9/12 (2013.01 - EP US); B65H 2511/10 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

CH DE FR GB IT LI

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0587531 A2 19940316; EP 0587531 A3 19940629; EP 0587531 B1 19950531; DE 59300234 D1 19950706; US 5320340 A 19940614

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 93810601 A 19930824; DE 59300234 T 19930824; US 11721593 A 19930903