Patent ID: 6490974
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
In combination with a sheet-fed printing machine having an impression cylinder and a further cylinder adjacent thereto, the further cylinder being a cylinder selected from the group thereof consisting of an applicator cylinder for applying one of ink and varnish, respectively, to a sheet lying on the impression cylinder, and a tool cylinder for applying a finishing step to a sheet lying on the impression cylinder, a sheet-guiding device comprising;a sheet-guiding element disposed for guiding a sheet transported by the impression cylinder when the further cylinder being set-off from the impression cylinder, said sheet-guiding element extending through a nip formed in the region of an impression zone of the impression cylinder between the impression cylinder and the further cylinder, said sheet-guiding element being disposed separately from the further cylinder and covering the impression zone of the impression cylinder; the impression cylinder and the further cylinder being formed with respective peripheral circular arcs having a minimum spacing therebetween, the spacing being less than ten centimeters.