Rocking auxiliary gripper system for sheet processing machines

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Inventors: Weisbach, Gunter; Lucius, Gunter;
Assignee: VEB Kombinat Polygraph "Werner Lamberz" Leipzig (Leipzig, DD)
Primary Examiner: Stoner, Jr.; Bruce H.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Striker; Michael J.

The reciprocating auxiliary gripper system includes a parallel linkage the coupler of which supports a spring-biased gripper in the form of a suction head which is lifted upon application of suction to a spring space, so that the sheet performs during its transport from a takeover position on the feed table to a transfer position opposite a feed cylinder an additional movement superposed to the rocking movement of the linkage.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed as new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent is set forth in the appended claims: 1.
An auxiliary gripper system for transferring sheets from a feed table to a feed cylinder of a sheet fed rotary press, comprising a parallel linkage arranged under the feed cylinder; a gripping mechanism secured to said linkage and including a suction-type gripping element which is movable relative to the linkage between a lower position and a raised position; drive means for oscillating said linkage between a sheet takeover position in which the gripping element is below said feed table and the linkage reverses its motion, and a sheet transfer position in which the gripping element passes below a transfer point of said feed cylinder at a speed synchronized with that of said transfer point; and means for displacing the gripping element relative to the linkage into its lower position when the linkage moves toward the sheet takeover position, and for lifting the gripping element relative to the linkage against said feed cylinder when the linkage moves from the takeover position to the sheet transfer position.
2.
A gripper system as defined in claim 1, wherein said gripping mechanism includes a housing rigidly connected to said linkage, a piston movable in said housing and supporting the suction type gripping element; a pressure spring arranged in said housing in a space above said piston to urge the latter into a lower position; and suction means communicating with said space and with said suction head and being operable to lift said piston together with said gripping element when activated.
3.
A gripper system as defined in claim 1, wherein said drive means includes a driving cam provided on said feed cylinder and a cam follower spring-biased against said cam and being coupled to said parallel linkage.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates generally to sheet processing machines having a rotary sheet cylinder and a stationary feed table and more specifically it relates to a reciprocating auxiliary gripper system having a suction type gripper element

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