	US 12,187,575 B2
	Processing machine and method for aligning a substrate in a processing machine
Bastian Deppisch, Karlstadt (DE); Torsten Müller, Güntersleben (DE); and Bernd Masuch, Kürnach (DE)
Assigned to KOENIG & BAUER AG, Würzburg (DE)
Appl. No. 18/695,025
Filed by KOENIG & BAUER AG, Würzburg (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 20, 2023, PCT No. PCT/EP2023/051326 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 25, 2024, PCT Pub. No. WO2023/148013, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 10, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 102 707.4 (DE), filed on Feb. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0336449 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
Int. Cl. B65H 9/00 (2006.01); B41F 5/24 (2006.01); B41F 13/56 (2006.01); B41F 21/00 (2006.01); B41F 33/00 (2006.01); B65H 9/20 (2006.01)

CPC B65H 9/002 (2013.01) [B41F 5/24 (2013.01); B41F 13/56 (2013.01); B41F 21/00 (2013.01); B41F 33/00 (2013.01); B65H 9/20 (2013.01); B65H 2301/331 (2013.01); B65H 2404/1523 (2013.01); B65H 2404/16 (2013.01); B65H 2406/31 (2013.01); B65H 2553/41 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1311 (2013.01)]

15 Claims

1. A processing machine (01) comprising: at least one processing unit (900) configured as a shaping unit (900) succeeding at least one processing unit (600) configured as an application unit (600) in a transport direction (T) of a substrate (02); at least one transport unit (700) being arranged between the at least one processing unit (600) configured as an application unit (600) and the at least one succeeding processing unit (900); the at least one transport unit (700) comprising a plurality of transport elements (701) configured to contact and transport the substrate (02); and the transport elements (701) of the plurality of transport elements (701) being arranged one behind another in the transport direction (T), characterized in that at least one transport element (701) of the plurality of transport elements (701) is axially adjustable based on detection of at least one image element on the substrate (02) by at least one sensor (704) for substrate alignment.