DEVICES FOR ALIGNING SHEETS AND A METHOD FOR ALIGNING SHEETS TRANSVERSAL TO THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF THE SHEETS

摘要

The invention relates to a device for aligning sheets transversal to the direction of travel of the sheets in which a retaining device that conveys a sheet is displaceably mounted for holding the sheet against a side guide, and at least two sheets are situated one above the other in an offset manner in the direction of travel of the sheets. An effective retaining surface extends in the direction of travel of the sheets and is longer in the longitudinal direction than in the transversal direction to such an extent that a ratio of the length of the effective retaining surface in the longitudinal direction to the width of the effective retaining surface in the transversal direction is greater than three.