Method and apparatus for handling sheet material

摘要

A printed product transfer assembly for supporting and carrying printed product from one station in a printer apparatus to another station includes a transfer structure including a product conveying surface, a blanket including fiberglass having several outwardly protruding fiberglass fibers and being secured snugly over the conveying surface; a flexible resilient material secured snugly over the blanket and engaged against circumferential movement relative to the blanket by the fiberglass fibers, and having several ridges for engaging and conveying the printed products and for cushioning the printed products to prevent marring of printing ink. The printed product transfer assembly preferably still further includes a delivery shaft; a transfer cylinder including releasibly interconnected first and second longitudinal cylinder half portions, each half portion including an arched outer shell segment forming a portion of a printed product conveying surface and first and second shell segment half hub structures secured respectively within and to the first and second longitudinal cylinder half portions, the half hub structures including delivery shaft receiving structure and hub inter-connection elements releasibly joining the first and second half hub structures together; and a transfer cylinder anti-rotation collar for fixing the transfer cylinder against rotation about and relative to the delivery shaft.