Patent ID: 6923119
Filing Date: 2005-08-02
Classification: B41F,B65H

Abstract:
1. A rotary printing press with a sheet transport system comprising: two cylinders forming a nip; a first rail configured on one side of a sheet transport path and a second rail configured on the other side of the sheet transport path; and at least one first driven gripper being guided on the first rail and at least one second driven gripper being guided on the second rail, the at least one first gripper and the at least one second gripper pulling a sheet to be conveyed in a feed direction, the sheet having a first side edge, a second side edge and a front end with respect to the feed direction, the at least one first gripper engaging the first side edge of the sheet near the front end of the sheet, the at least one second gripper engaging the second side edge of the sheet near the front end of the sheet, the at least one first gripper being mechanically decoupled from the at least one second gripper; wherein the first and second rails run along the nip.