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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7442157 | Structure of interfolding machine An interfolding machine for sheet material for making a stack of interfolded sheets includes at least one web of material to interfold that is cut into sheets of predetermined length and rolls for partially overlapping the sheets in order to form an overlapped porti... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7410158 | Image forming apparatus and method A copy machine achieves a reduction in power consumption when performing a saddle-stitching operation. An image forming unit forms visible images on recording sheets in accordance with image data stored in a memory device. A post-processing unit collects the recordi... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7344130 | Sheet processing apparatus and image processing apparatus The present invention relates to a sheet processor apparatus comprising: a sheet stack portion on which a sheet is stacked; a sheet conveyance path for conveying a sheet stacked on the sheet stack portion; a sheet conveyor for conveying to the sheet conveyance path ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7325799 | Method and apparatus for booklet production A stack of sheets of sheet material is stapled along an axis and fed to a position from which it is folded along the axis by a blade to form a booklet having a curved spine. The blade also inserts the booklet into a position between clamping jaws and determines its ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7178799 | Post processing device with saddle support An objective of the present invention is to provide a post processing apparatus to load a center-folded sheet on a loading member and unload the paper sheets when a number of sheet reaches a predetermined number without damages with sheets. A Post-processing apparat... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175586 | Methods of forming outserts A method of forming an outsert having printed information thereon is disclosed in which a plurality of parallel folds are made in a sheet of paper in a first fold direction using a plurality of pairs of folding rollers and stop members to form an intermediate folded... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7152856 | Sheet processing apparatus and image processing apparatus The present invention relates to a sheet processor apparatus comprising: a sheet stack portion on which a sheet is stacked; a sheet conveyance path for conveying a sheet stacked on the sheet stack portion; a sheet conveyor for conveying to the sheet conveyance path ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7137554 | Card mailer system and method of preparing card packages for mailing An automate card package mailer for preparing card packages (60) composed of one or more cards(50) attached to matching carrier forms (33) for mailing has a carrier folding apparatus that is programmable to fold the carriers into different confi... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7128118 | Automated sheet folder or booklet maker which applies sticker closures In a finishing apparatus, such as would be used with a copier or high-speed printer, an applicator places stickers on a folded sheet or booklet, to prevent the sheet or booklet from unfolding or opening. At one point in the operation, the folded sheet or booklet is ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7014181 | Sheet foldover apparatus A method and apparatus for folding over a portion of at least one top sheet of a stack of interfolded sheets. The foldover apparatus includes a conveyor adapted to move the stack in the downstream direction, a vacuum assembly adapted to separate at least a portion o... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7004507 | Combined poster book system and method A flat sheet of paper, or other thin flexible material, has information printed on one side in the form of a plurality of discrete panels or areas of text or images, while the entire other side is taken up by a large-scale, poster-like pattern. The panels or areas o... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6964413 | Booklet forming method and apparatus A method and apparatus for folding a single sheet of paper into a booklet. The method includes depositing adhesive along a linear path on the single sheet of paper and folding the sheet by making a plurality of folds parallel to a first direction, thereby forming a ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6901718 | Paper packaging apparatus The invention includes a method of packaging paper products (such as facial tissue) in a dispenser. A clip of paper product is folded. The folded clip has a central region and a pair of opposing peripheral regions separated from one another by the central region. Th... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6769675 | Booklet forming method and apparatus A method and apparatus for folding a single sheet of paper into a booklet. The method includes depositing adhesive along a linear path on the single sheet of paper and folding the sheet by making a plurality of folds parallel to a first direction, thereby forming a ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6689038 | Method and apparatus for interrupting interfolded sheets created by a lapping interfolder A system for forming a discontinuity in a stack of interfolded sheets formed by a pair of folding rolls acting on a stream of overlapping sheets supplied from a pair of feed rolls. At a desired sheet count, the feed rolls and folding rolls are operated to... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6565500 | Method for batch production of stacks of folded sheets A method for producing a batch of products having a multiplicity of interfolded, generally rectangular sheets including wet wipes, from a limited amount of a web material, at a high production speed and in efficiently used floor space. The method includes... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6352251 | Process and equipment for realizing packs of interfolded laminar articles A process for making packs of interleaved laminar articles, comprising the operations of: providing a first plurality of strips of laminar material, subjecting these strips to a first interleaving operation so as to create a composite strip having an interleav... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6165116 | Method and apparatus for creating a discontinuity in a stack interfolded sheets A system and method for creating a discontinuity in a stack of interfolded sheets in which folding rolls cooperate to interfold staggered sheets supplied in two streams of sheets, each of which is severed from a web of material. When a desired sheet count... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6090467 | Method and apparatus to manufacture a towel or tissue stack A tissue stack (10) including a plurality of discrete leaves (11-14), which each leaf including a pair of panels (15A) between which there is folded a pair of panels (15B) of the next adjacent leaf. There is also disclosed a machine and method for manufac... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5899447 | Apparatus for stacking pop-up towels An apparatus for forming a stack of interleaved, partially overlapping discrete sheets suitable for a pop-up dispenser. The apparatus comprises: a first cutter for cutting a plurality of first discrete sheets; a second cutter for cutting a plurality of se... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5310398 | Method and apparatus for folding and interfolding single-ply webs A method and an apparatus for folding and interfolding single-ply webs, in which single-ply webs are first-folded alternately on their respective lines, tail portions and head portions of the webs are overlapped alternately while reducing the feeding dist... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5299793 | Multi-panel refolding transfer system with rotating transfer clamp An apparatus and method for transferring a clip formed of a predetermined number of interfolded paper products away from a stacking interfolder and refolding a plurality of loose end panels having a stack building table and first count finger assembly ini... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5147273 | Method and apparatus for producing stacks of interleaved material sheets A method and an apparatus produce a stack of overlapping, U-folded- or zig-zag-folded individual material sheets, in particular of absorbent paper, that mesh with one another. The stack is formed by two roller systems or roller sets, one for each of two m... | 09/15/1992 |
| 4824426 | Method and apparatus for interfolding webs A method of zig-zag folding a pair of continuous webs or web segments (sheets) to provide stacks each having a specified number of segments wherein the segments are offset one-half segment length in one web from the other, the invention including reversel... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4778441 | Interfolding machinery improvement An improvement for use in machinery for interfolding porous cut sheets is disclosed having two adjacent and counter-rotating folding rolls each having projecting tuckers and recessed grippers arranged alternately on the folding rolls such that a tucker on... | 10/18/1988 |
