Patent ID: 8405693

Claim:
A transport apparatus for flat materials which are to be printed, the transport apparatus comprising: rollers; a driven transport belt mounted on said rollers; a roller carrier having a bearing plate with a first end and a second end; a first shaped part plate; a second shaped part plate; a first number of spacer pieces disposed on a first side between said first end of said bearing plate of said roller carrier and said first shaped part plate; a second number of spacer pieces disposed on a second side between said second end of said bearing plate and said second shaped part plate; a pull rod having a stressing and setting device; and a stressing device attached to said first and second ends of said bearing plate and configured for a transmission of force from said pull rod, a mechanical tensile stress being transmitted through said stressing device to said first and second ends of said bearing plate for a defined deflection of said roller carrier with corresponding loading of said bearing plate, and in that said stressing and setting device of said pull rod provided for setting the mechanical tensile stress.