Patent ID: 6182959
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
Method for conveying sheets (23; 25) in a sheet-processing machine, having the following steps;the sheets (23; 25) are accelerated in such a way that successive sheets (23; 25) are at a first spacing (a1),the sheets (23; 25) are then decelerated in such a manner that the spacing (a1; a2) between successive sheets (23; 25) is reduced from the first spacing (al) to a second spacing (a2),at least one of said first or second spacings (a1; a2) being preselectable, andthe second spacing (a2) between successive sheets (23; 25) is increased, following a processing operation carried out on the sheets (23;25), to a third spacing (a3).