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(11) EP 0 869 094 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.10.1998 Bulletin 1998/43

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.10.1998 Bulletin 1998/41

(21) Application number: 98302676.6

(22) Date of filing: 06.04.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: B65H 29/66, B65H 29/68, B65H 29/60, B65H 29/62
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 04.04.1997 GB 9706898

(71) Applicant: STRACHAN HENSHAW MACHINERY LIMITED
Bristol BS5 7UZ (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Johnson, Graham Peter
    Keynsham, Bristol BS31 1HS (GB)

(74) Representative: Calderbank, Thomas Roger et al
MEWBURN ELLIS York House 23 Kingsway
London WC2B 6HP
London WC2B 6HP (GB)

   


(54) Transporting sheets


(57) A sheet conveying device in which sheets are conveyed to a first sheet conveyor (13) by a second sheet conveyor (10). A suction device (14) deflects a trailing portion of a sheet as it reaches the first sheet conveyor (13), slowing the sheet down. A gas blast device (30) deflects a leading portion of a second sheet in the opposite direction, so that an overlap is formed between the leading edge of the second sheet and the trailing edge of the first sheet. A control body (20) moves to control the suction and gas blast device (14, 30). Sheets can be deflected from a first path of travel to a second path of travel using a roller (66) and beak (67).






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