Appeal No. 1997-4428
Application 08/259,634
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for
providing improved support for freshly printed sheet material
in a printing press.
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for supporting sheet material which has been
freshly printed in a printing press, comprising the steps of:
providing a rotatable member having a sheet support
surface thereon;
providing a base covering of electrically conductive
material having a frictional coefficient which is less than
the frictional coefficient of the sheet support surface;
securing the conductive base covering to the rotatable
member in contact with the sheet support surface;
providing a jacket covering of flexible material;
securing the flexible jacket covering over at least a
part of the conductive base covering; and,
turning the rotatable member to support successive sheets
of the freshly printed sheet material on the flexible jacket
covering.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Kobler 4,599,943 July 15,
1989
DeMoore et al. (DeMoore) 5,042,384 Aug.
27, 1991
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