Method for transporting a block of printed sheets in a processing system has each block held between two clamping plates inside a support frame

摘要

A method for transporting compiled blocks of printed sheets between processing stages has each block held between two clamping plates (10, 11) held inside a U-shaped support frame (64) and with the clamping plates driven by a servo motor (70). The motor is drives the plates via a worm gear and only operates when the clamps are released or clamped, One of the clamping plates has an integral sprung mounting to ensure an even grip on the block. The clamping frame rotates about an axis at right angles to the plane of the sheets to align the block with the subsequent processes.