In some examples, a sheet processing machine includes an at least one pile formation device. The at least one pile formation device is arranged so as to be displaceable at least in an inward-moving direction. The at least one pile formation device includes a plane. The at least one pile formation device is displaceable at least in a vertical direction relative to at least one lower multiple-up separating tool by means of a lifting device. In a temporary storage position, at least the plane is arranged in a vertical direction beneath a plane of the at least one lower multiple-up separating tool.

A conveyor includes a frame, a carriage supported by the frame for sliding movement in a longitudinal direction, a lower conveyor deck supported by the frame and an upper deck. The lower deck has a plurality of contact elements, which may be wheels, for supporting sheets of material moving through the conveyor. The upper deck includes a rear portion having a plurality of longitudinally extending transversely spaced first belts each supported by a plurality of first pulleys and a front portion including a plurality of longitudinally extending transversely spaced second belts each supported a plurality of second pulleys. The plurality of second pulleys includes a first second pulley and a second second pulley that are supported by the carriage for movement with the carriage relative to the frame.

A post-processing apparatus includes a first discharge section configured to discharge a medium having thereon information recorded by a recording section, a processing tray configured to be loaded with the medium discharged by the first discharge section, an edge alignment section disposed on the processing tray, a transport section making contact with an upper surface of the medium mounted on the processing tray and configured to transport the medium to the edge alignment section, a position change section configured to change a relative position of the transport section with respect to the processing tray, and a controller configured to change pressure of when the transport section presses the medium by controlling the position change section, and a post-processing section configured to perform post-processing on the medium on the processing tray, wherein the controller changes the pressure based on processing information regarding processing to be performed on the medium.

The belt conveyance device includes a plurality of rollers, a belt, a meandering correction part, and an adjustment part. The rollers are disposed at intervals each other and rotate around axes. The belt is disposed around the plurality of rollers and travels. The meandering correction part shifts one end portion in an axial direction of a tension roller included in the plurality of rollers in a radial direction within a predetermined range to correct a meandering of the belt. The adjustment part shifts the other end portion in the axial direction of the tension roller in the radial direction such that a position of the one end portion of the tension roller is variable under a state where the meandering of the belt is corrected.

A sheet conveyance device of an embodiment includes a carrying-in unit feeds a sheet to a stacking unit; a lower conveyance unit applies a force to a lower side of a sheet stacked on the stacking unit to move the sheet; a lifting and lowering unit lifts and lowers at least an end of the lower conveyance unit on a side close to the carrying-in unit in at least three stages (lower, middle, and upper); an upper conveyance unit faces the lower conveyance unit and applies a force to the upper side of a sheet pinched between the upper conveyance unit and the lower conveyance unit that is moved to the upper stage to move the sheet; and a stopper protrudes above the lower conveyance unit placed at the lower stage by the lifting and lowering unit, and the downstream end in the feeding direction of a sheet abuts on the stopper.

The invention relates to a recovery device (10) for recovering sample blanks (P) for a processing machine (1) for processing elements in sheet form, the processing machine (1) comprising: a plurality of work stations (300, 400, 500, 600) including at least one waste removal station (600), and a conveying device (70) comprising a plurality of gripper bars (75) configured to drive the elements in sheet form through the work stations (300, 400, 500, 600),
the recovery device (10) being characterized in that it comprises: a first removal belt (94), and a second removal belt (95) arranged after the first removal belt (94) in relation to the direction of travel (D) of the sheets, the second removal belt (94) being able to move between:
a continuous-conveying position in which first ends (94a, 95a) of the first and second removal belts (94, 95) are close together so that sheet form element waste (F) can be conveyed from the first removal belt (94) to the second removal belt (95), and
a raised position in which the first end (95a) of the second removal belt (95) has pivoted upward, creating a gap (11) between the first removal belt (94) and the second removal belt (95), so that at least one sample of blanks (P) conveyed by the first removal belt (94) tips into the gap (11). The present invention also relates to a waste removal station and a processing machine for processing elements in sheet form.

In some examples, a sheet processing machine includes at least one pile formation device. The at least one pile formation device is arranged in a vertical direction beneath a multiple-up separating mechanism. The at least one pile formation device is arranged so as to be displaceable at least in an inward-moving direction. The at least one pile formation device includes at least one horizontally displaceable pile formation means and a deposit element that can be displaced relative to the at least one pile formation means.

A stacker module includes a lift table, a stacker configured to place sheets that are successively supplied thereto onto the top of a stack forming on the lift table, a controller configured to lower the lift table as the stack grows, a height-adjustable eject table, and an eject mechanism configured to transfer a completed stack from the lift table onto the eject table. The eject mechanism is height-adjustable for transferring stacks onto the eject table in different height positions of the lift table.

A conveyance device includes a locking mechanism for an access cover. The locking mechanism includes a cooperating lever and a locking shaft attached to the cooperating lever. The locking shaft is slidable in an axial direction thereof between a locking position where the locking shaft engages in a locking groove of the access cover and a second unlocking position located lateral o the locking groove. When in the second unlocking position, the locking shaft engages with an engaged portion provided at part of a housing or at a fixed frame attached to the housing to constrain the cooperating lever against downward movement of a distal end of the cooperating lever. The locking mechanism further includes an operating member coupled to the locking shaft and including a holding portion capable of being held from outside the housing.

The cross-fold module for a folding machine comprises a cross-fold knife which is movable in a reciprocating manner in a folding-knife movement direction, and a pair of folding rollers which form a folding roller gap in which a sheet that previously was fed in the feeding direction is creased for folding by the cross-fold knife. A delivery transport device for the folded product receives the folded product in a receiving portion close to an outlet of the folding roller gap and transports the folded product to a delivery portion. At least the cross-fold knife and the pair of folding rollers are adjustable horizontally, perpendicular to the folding-knife movement direction and perpendicular to the feeding direction.