Patent ID: 7055430
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: B41F,B65H

Abstract:
1. A machine for sheet-fed rotary printing and sheet coating, the machine comprising: a sheet gripper system for holding a sheet during printing thereof, said sheet gripper system having a printing speed; a feed system disposed upstream of said sheet gripper system for transporting the sheet to said sheet gripper system, said feed system adjusting a transport speed of the sheet to match said printing speed of said sheet gripper system, said feed system having means for aligning the sheet during a momentary sheet stop; a feeder disposed upstream of said feed system to feed the sheet to said feed system; a surface refinement station disposed downstream of said feeder and upstream of said sheet gripper system; and means for commonly adjusting a height of said feed system together with said surface refinement station in dependence on a sheet thickness.