US Patent Issued to Heidelberger Druckmaschinen on Oct. 7 for "Method for aligning a sheet in a feeder of a sheet-processing machine" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,932, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg, Germany).

"Method for aligning a sheet in a feeder of a sheet-processing machine" was invented by Robert Hupe (Neckargemund, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for aligning a sheet in a feeder of a sheet-processing machine, where the sheet that is clamped between feed rollers and counterpressure rollers is delivered to a sheet transport device is aligned laterally during this process. First, the sheet is laterally aligned by clamping between feed and counterpressure roller pairs, and a slide to which the feed rollers are mounted, is moved w...