Patent ID: 6565083
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A delivery for a machine for processing sheet-shaped printing materials, comprising:a sheet conveyor for transporting sheets, during operation, to a stacking station for forming a sheet pile from the sheets at the stacking station, the pile having an upper edge at a level; and a safety guard adjustable between a first position and a second position for removing sample sheets at said second position, said safety guard, in said first position, preventing access to said sheet conveyor and, in said second position, allowing access to said sheet conveyor; a horizontal pivot pin located at a distance downline from the sheet pile, as viewed in the sheet transporting direction, and at a distance above the upper edge of the pile; said safety guard being articulated on the delivery so as to be pivotable about said pivot pin; said safety guard including a first safety-guard section pivotable about said pivot pin and extending, in said first position, from said pivot pin downwardly at least as far as the level of the upper edge of the pile, a hinge pin extending parallel to said pivot pin, and a second safety-guard section hinged to said first safety-guard section via said hinge pin; said safety-guard sect ions to be swung together into said first position by folding up said safety-guard sections, and to be swung apart into said second position with corresponding upward pivoting of said first safety-guard section with reference to said pivot pin and unfolding said safety-guard sections.