Patent ID: 7810810

Claim:
An apparatus for pressing flat materials onto a transport module, the apparatus comprising: a lower housing shell; a feed table mounted above said lower housing shell and having an opening formed therein for the flat materials; pressing elements acting on the flat material with a spring force through said opening in said feed table, said pressing elements being configured as lowerable spring elements anchored in said lower housing shell, each of said spring elements being formed of spring sheet steel and having a base and a head; said base being configured for anchoring, said head being equipped with a device for reducing friction and said device for reducing friction including a roller mounted rotatably on said head of said spring element; said spring sheet steel including first, second, third and fourth regions; said first region having a first opening extending as far as into said second region and being angled away from said second region; said first opening being provided for said roller; said first region having a second opening at an end of said spring sheet steel for fastening a holding device of said roller; and said holding device extending through said second and third regions as far as a beginning of said fourth region; an actuating element disposed on said lower housing shell; and a lowering apparatus to be actuated by said actuating element, said lowering apparatus disposed in said lower housing shell and having a lever connected mechanically to said actuating element and a slide coupled to said lever for lowering said spring elements upon actuation of said actuating element.