Patent ID: 11890868
Assignee: BOBST MEX SA
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A machine for processing individual sheets, the machine comprising:
at least one processing station; and
a transport system for transporting the individual sheets through the at least one processing station, along a transport direction;
the transport system comprising:
at least one gripper conveyor movable along the transport direction, for gripping an individual sheet of the individual sheets defining a sheet position in the transport direction, and at least one support conveyor movable along the transport direction for supporting a region of the individual sheet, the at least one support conveyor comprising a vacuum system for supporting the individual sheet on an interacting surface of the at least one support conveyor, the vacuum system comprising a plurality of orifices in the interacting surface of the at least one support conveyor, wherein the interacting surface of the at least one support conveyor comprises a plurality of rollers having a rotation axis substantially perpendicular to the transport direction.