Patent ID: 7658377

Claim:
A device for depositing sheets for a printing machine, said device comprising: at least one rotating drivable sheet transport element to receive a leading edge of a sheet and deposit said sheet on a stack after said sheet has traveled a path of rotation; at least one drag element for pulling a sheet that has been deposited on the stack toward a mechanical stop, said drag element coupled with the rotation of the sheet transport element and arranged in such a manner that said drag element can assume an inoperative position within said path of rotation by the rotating sheet transport element and that said drag element, in order to perform its dragging function, can be moved at least partially out of said path of rotation by the rotating sheet transport element, whereby said drag element does not disrupt the transport and deposition of the sheet because said drag element is mostly in its inoperative position within the circle of rotation of said sheet transport element; and a pivoting element, wherein said drag element is linked by said pivoting element to said sheet transport element in such a manner that said drag element can be pivoted, and during its rotation in the region of the stack, it folds out into its dragging position due to its weight and, in the course of the path of rotation, folds in again into its inoperative position.