Decelerating system for decelerating the movement of sheets into the delivery station of a sheet fed press

摘要

A decelerating device for decelerating movement of die cut sheets into the delivery station of a sheet fed die cutter wherein die cut sheets are rapidly pulled along a substantially horizontal path into the delivery station and are abruptly stopped at predetermined stopping points including a rear tablet underlying the path of travel of the die cut sheets and movable toward and way from the predetermined stopping point to provide support for the trailing edge of a sheet passing into the delivery station in accordance with the length of the sheet and a deceleration brush positionable in the path of movement of the sheet into the delivery station which deceleration brush is carried by a movable carriage also carrying the rear tablet. The brush is angularly adjustable relative to the path of movement of the sheet in dependence on the relative closeness of the brush and the tablet and such angular adjustment is automatically predetermined based on the position of the carriage relative to the predetermined stopping point.