Patent ID: 6260844
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A device for conveying sheets of material, the device comprising:a cylindrical driven roller disposed opposite a cylindrical free wheeling counter-pressure roller, the driven roller and the counter-pressure roller are capable of engaging one another to form a conveying nip disposed therebetween,the counter-pressure roller comprising at least one circumferential channel-shaped recess, the driven roller comprising at least one circumferential channel-shaped recess, the at least one recess of the counter-pressure roller being aligned with the at least one recess of the driven roller,the device further comprising first and second parallel and opposing guide plates disposed on opposing sides of the nip, the guide plates defining a channel for delivering the sheets of material to the nip, the first guide plate extending into the recess of the counter-pressure roller, the second guide plate extending into the recess of the driven roller,one of the first and second guide plates being pivotally mounted to the device and capable of being pivoted out of the at least one recess of the respective roller.