Patent ID: 7735824

Claim:
A sheet processing machine comprising: at least one processing station; at least one delivery unit; at least one sheet transport system including circulating gripper carts that are driven by individually actuated linear drives; at least one sheet braking device located between an entry edge of the at least one delivery unit and a rear edge of a stack of sheets; and at least one sheet braking device located between an entry edge of the at least one processing station and a rear edge of at least one processing station tool or die; wherein each respective sheet that is in a stop position in the at least one delivery unit is positioned with respect to a back edge of the respective sheet such that the back edge of the respective sheet and the rear edge of the stack of sheets lie one above the other so as to be aligned with no gap therebetween; and each respective sheet that is in a stop position in the at least one processing station is positioned by the back edge of the respective sheet relative to the rear edge of the at least one processing station tool or die, such that the at least one sheet braking device located between the entry edge of the at least one processing station and the rear edge of the at least one processing station tool or die acts on the respective sheet until the respective sheet comes to a standstill, and such that the back edge of the respective sheet and the rear edge of the at least one processing station tool or die lie one above the other so as to be aligned with no gap therebetween.