Patent ID: 8196307

Claim:
A register insertion apparatus for sheet embossing machines for use with a sheet having printing marks defining a front edge and a lateral edge of a print image, the sheet movable along an insertion path, said apparatus comprising: a register plate, said register plate further characterized in that it is a feeder table capable of being pivoted in a downward direction and having: front stops and position sensors for detecting the printing marks of a sheet, said front stops capable of being lowered, a controller connected to the position sensors, ventilation openings, and vacuum feed lines connected to a suction apparatus; a first and second actuator, said first and second actuators for positioning the register plate in an X-direction; a third actuator for positioning in Y-direction; a register controller for controlling pivotal motion of the register plate, said pivotal motion including: downward pivoting of the register plate allowing passage of a gripper bar, a stoppage in motion, and pivoting the register plate-in an upward direction once the gripper bar has passed; said insertion path characterized in that a sheet may be fed into the register insertion apparatus, stopped at the front stops until it is suctioned and fixed onto the register plate, advanced with the register plate in an X-direction, slid onto and gripped by the gripper bar, and transported by the gripper bar after ventilation of the register plate.