Patent ID: 6746014
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: B41F,B65H

Abstract:
A sheet-fed printing press, comprising:a transport chain; a gripper device supported by the transport chain and having a gripper and a gripper pad for gripping a sheet-like material; an inspection device for inspecting the sheet-like material gripped and transported by the gripper device; a sheet-like material guide member having a guide surface for guiding the sheet-like material at a position of inspection by the inspection device, and a suction hole for spreading the sheet-like material along the guide surface, the sheet-like material guide member including, an inclined portion, which gradually decreases a distance between the gripper pad and the guide surface from an upstream side toward a downstream side of the guide surface in a sheet-like material transport direction, is provided on the downstream side of the guide surface, and a groove portion, through which the gripper passes, is formed in the inclined portion.