SHEET TRANSPORT APPARATUS
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Abstract
For effective achievement of an increase in productivity, prolongation of the life cycle of a consumable part, a decrease in the running cost, a lighter burden on the operator'"'"'s work, and a reduction in spending on plants and equipment, a sheet transport apparatus comprises: a folding cylinder (11) for transporting sheets one by one or as a stack of a plurality of the sheets; a jaw cylinder (12) or a reduction cylinder (13) for holding the sheets by alternate ones of holding means and transporting the sheets when the sheets are transported as the stack of the plurality of sheets; an upper transfer cylinder (14) opposing the jaw cylinder or the reduction cylinder; a lower transfer cylinder (15) opposing the jaw cylinder or the reduction cylinder; and switching means for transporting the sheets from the jaw cylinder or the reduction cylinder to the upper transfer cylinder and the lower transfer cylinder, while allocating the sheets to the upper transfer cylinder and the lower transfer cylinder, when the sheets are transported as the stack of the plurality of sheets.
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24 Claims
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1-12. -12. (canceled)
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13. A sheet transport apparatus, comprising:
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a folding cylinder for transporting sheets one by one or as a stack of a plurality of the sheets; a first transport cylinder having first holding means, which holds the sheet, at a plurality of locations in a circumferential direction, and being adapted to hold the sheets by alternate ones of the first holding means and transport the sheets when the sheets are transported as the stack of the plurality of sheets; a second transport cylinder opposing the first transport cylinder, having second holding means, which holds the sheet, at a plurality of locations in a circumferential direction, and being supported rotatably; a third transport cylinder opposing the first transport cylinder, having third holding means, which holds the sheet, at a plurality of locations in a circumferential direction, and being supported rotatably; and switching means for switching transport paths so as to transport the stack of the plurality of sheets from the first transport cylinder to the second transport cylinder and from the first transport cylinder to the third transport cylinder, while allocating the sheets to the second transport cylinder and to the third transport cylinder. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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