Patent ID: 7954810

Claim:
A method for transporting a sheet, comprising: moving the sheet in a first direction by applying a first carrier which is movable in the first direction and which is capable of retaining the sheet by means of a surface force, wherein a retainer area of the sheet is retained by the first carrier and a conveyance area of the sheet projects with respect to the first carrier; conveying the sheet from the first carrier to a second carrier which is movable in a second direction and which is capable of retaining the sheet by means of a surface force, wherein the sheet is put in a conveyance position by the first carrier, in which position the complete conveyance area overlaps the second carrier; and moving the sheet in the second direction by applying the second carrier; wherein, continuously during the movement of the sheet in the first direction through to the conveyance position, guidance of a guidance area of the sheet, which comprises at least a portion of the conveyance area of the sheet, takes place by applying guiding means, which guidance is cancelled only when the sheet has reached the conveyance position; wherein the guiding means are movable in the first direction; and wherein the cancellation of the guidance of the guidance area of the sheet takes place by realizing a speed difference of the guiding means and the first carrier.