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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7900900 | Sheet handling device and sheet handling method A sheet handling device includes a main transport path, a temporarily holding section provided in the main transport path, a transport section, a detection section provided at a predetermined detection position in the main transport path and a controller. The tempor... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7887035 | Fan delivery for a folding apparatus A fan delivery for a folding apparatus is provided, having at least one fan wheel including a number of fan-wheel elements and having a signature guide member that is movable relative to the fan wheel, in which the signature guide member has at least one arm that is... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7883080 | Printed copy collecting apparatus An apparatus and method for collecting a printed copy is disclosed. A collecting cylinder is operable in a non-collect mode and a collect mode. A cam collect is coupled to the collecting cylinder. The collecting cylinder is switchable between the non-collect mode an... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7329219 | Folding apparatus in a web-fed rotary printing press A folding apparatus (1) in a web-fed rotary printing press for folding signatures (2) which are cut off from a running web of material (6) by a cutting device (40) and carried on a signature transport surface (10) of a folding blad... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7303522 | Parallel folding device of folding machine A parallel folding device includes: a folding cylinder which transfers a signature; a first jaw cylinder having gripper boards; an upper second jaw cylinder in contact with the first jaw cylinder and having grippers; a lower second jaw cylinder in contact with and t... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7214175 | Folding gear comprising a cylinder with adjustable circumference A folding gear is comprised of a cylinder that is mounted to a frame for rotation. At least one clamp is arranged on the outer surface of the cylinder. The at least one clamp can be positioned by an actuator which includes a flexible toothed shell that is shaped by ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7172547 | Variable-circumference folder A variable-circumference folder includes a gathering cylinder fitted with pin systems for reliably holding products of different thickness fed to the gathering cylinder by an accelerating device without any adjustment effort. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7121994 | Assembly for and method of adjusting the phasing of folding rolls to create a fold in sheets of material A folding machine includes a first folding roll with a series of the gripper assemblies and a series of tucker assemblies uniformly and alternately spaced to interact with a series of gripper and tucker assemblies of an adjacent second folding roll. The series of al... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7044902 | Printing press folder and folder components A folder operable to cut a printed web received from a printing press. The folder includes a cutting section having cutting cylinders that cut the web into individual printed products, and a cutting motor that is operable to drive the cutting cylinders. A delivery a... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7037251 | Machine for the production of flexible material sheets Machine for the production of flexible material sheets comprising at least one folding unit housing at least one cutting cylinder, to which a suction cylinder is opposed, and a gripping cylinder for transversal folding and/or conveying flat products by suction. A se... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7017484 | Method for controlling an apparatus for controlling a cutting position of a web member and device therefor A control method for controlling a cut-off control apparatus in a printing press comprises a step of detecting an unstable factor such as a revolution number of a cylinder/a tensile value of a web in a printing press, a step for setting a stable factor such as a rev... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7007602 | Method and apparatus for controlling a cutting position of a web member and device therefor A method and apparatus for controlling the cutting position of a web member in a printing press by setting a reference tensile value, detecting the present tensile value of a web in a printing press during an actual printing operation, and controlling the starting a... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6945923 | Method for producing a newspaper A method of producing a newspaper having at least one section which is formed from at least one centrally folded printed sheet. The following steps are carried out according to the invention: a) individual sequentially printed sheets, which are intended for forming ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6923752 | Folding cylinder with expansion segment A folding cylinder includes a frame having a work-side support and a gear-side support, at least one expansion segment for providing an effective diameter of the cylinder, the expansion segment being located between the work-side support and the gear-side support an... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6895858 | Cylinder for a folder unit A collecting cylinder for a folder unit is provided with at least one disk cam that has peripheral switching depressions. These switching depressions can be covered by using an auxiliary curved trajectory which is created by a pivoting drive. Switching levers are se... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6691995 | Conveying unit for flat objects A conveying unit that is useable for the conveyance of generally flat objects, particularly in a folder of a rotary printing press, includes endless first and second belts and a roller. A conveying path for the flat objects extends initially between the t... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6554266 | Guide apparatus for use in folder A guide apparatus is composed of a guide plate which is disposed in such a manner as to be able to move between an active position located within the sheet transfer space and a retreat position where the guide plate does not interfere with the sheet trans... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6270067 | Apparatus for slowing down products in rotary printing machines An apparatus for slowing down products in the folder of rotary printing machines. A product-directing system is arranged between the jaw cylinder and paddle wheel, and a driven decelerating-roller pair is integrated into the product-directing system. In o... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6250622 | Cylinder assembly for a folding apparatus of a rotary printing press The present invention is related to a paper conducting cylinder in a folder which is assigned to a rotary printing press such as a rotary newspaper printing press. A plurality of cylinder's surface sections (19) is mounted about the circumference of said ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6092804 | Apparatus for preventing jams in a folder of a printing press An apparatus for preventing jams in a folder of a printing press includes a roller having vacuum holes to which vacuum pressure may be applied to attract the loosely constrained signature towards the roller. The signature will follow the curved path of th... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5924970 | Device for preloading a torque loaded mechanism on a folding cylinder A cylinder in a folding apparatus includes a plurality of product seizing devices. Each product seizing device includes a cam and a shaft having a plurality of product seizing devices attached thereto. A cam follower is mounted to the shaft and a torsion ... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5782464 | Folding cylinder A folding cylinder for a folding apparatus of a rotary printing press having displaceable mechanisms which are connected with at least one spindle which is arranged in the folding cylinder, spaced radially from its shaft and can be turned by an adjustment... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5743517 | Loose signature ejector assembly in a folding apparatus A signature ejecting assembly for use in a folding apparatus in a printing press. A first rotatably mounted surface is provided, and a second rotatably mounted surface is movingly mounted on a bracket. The first and second rotatably mounted surfaces locat... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5653428 | Phase control system for a folder fan A phase control system for a fan blade assembly of a folder is provided which includes a fan blade assembly, a folded product transport assembly, and a control system. The fan blade assembly includes a first and second rotating fan blade assembly. The fir... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5527256 | Device for converting the function of a cutting/collecting cylinder of a folding apparatus A device for converting the function of a cutting/collecting cylinder (4) of a folding apparatus for rotary printing presses is provided. The cutting/collecting cylinder is convertible from a "collect" to a "non-collect" mode of operation and vice versa. ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5287805 | Folding apparatus In a folding apparatus with a collect cylinder (1) which can be switched from collect production to non-collect production, the holding elements and folding blades of which are connected with actuating elements, preferably embodied as scanner rollers (14,... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5259604 | Cross-folding apparatus for printed webs, particularly to obtain one-third/two-third folds superimposed To cross-fold a moving web into one-third lengths, a cutter blade cylinder (1, 26) is at a cutting position with a counter cylinder (4, 28), which carries needles and may also carry cutting knives. The cutting knives are arranged to cut the web into a for... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5213316 | Sheet handling apparatus with air deflector A method and apparatus for reducing the formation of "dog-ears" or folded corners in material handled by sheet material handling machines such as folders for printing presses in which material such as paper is secured to a rotating cylinder near a leading... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5165671 | Folding machine for both inside and outside three folding operations A folding machine for both inside and outside three folding operations comprising a cutter drum (1) having a saw blade (1a) thereon, a folding drum (2) having saw blade receivers (2a), needles (2b), and folding blades (2c), a first holding drum (21) havin... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5165674 | Folded sheet product opening and transfer system, and method of opening folded sheet products The folded products are not completely creased across their width in a folding apparatus but, rather, leaving an open loop or bulge or end portion (101). A separating cylinder (100) includes gripper or holding elements (38-41) located spirally about the c... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5112033 | Folder apparatus for a web-fed printing press A folder apparatus of a web-fed printing press having a printed-product delivery with two fan arrangements, each of which is formed of a plurality of mutually adjacent fans spaced-apart from one another on a common axis, the respective common axis of each... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5108082 | Z-folder for a reproduction apparatus finisher An improved Z-folder for use with a reproduction apparatus having a modular finisher apparatus for forming completely finished reproduction sets of a series of reproductions produced on sheets respectively by the reproduction apparatus. The modular finish... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5096175 | Folding jaw adjustment system for a printing machine folding cylinder To move folding jaws (4, 5) in a scissor-like or pincer-like movement symmetrical with respect to a center line (CL) and to permit adjustment of the gap or opening of the jaws, for acceptance of folded substrates of different thicknesses, the jaws are cou... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5096174 | Composite type folding machine A composite type folding machine which cuts printed paper into cut sheets and selects between a mode in which the cut sheets are discharged one by one as a non-collected or separate folded sheet alternately into two directions and a mode in which two coll... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5090671 | Method and device for folding sheets Method and device for folding pliable material. Arranged approximately on opposite sides of a feeding plane and directly opposite each other are folding rollers. The starting point is a position of the pliable material where a portion of the pliable mater... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5088708 | Folding cylinder assembly having one piece cam The folding cylinder assembly has: rotatable folding cylinder having three pin lever shaft assemblies spaced substantially equally about the folding cylinder, each of the pin lever shaft assemblies having at least one pin and a cam follower positioned on ... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5082255 | Sheet processing apparatus Apparatus for processing sheets, comprising: first structure for feeding a nestable sheet having a leading edge downstream in a path of travel; structure for forming a buckle loop in a foldable sheet, the buckle loop forming structure including a stop, th... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5080340 | Modular finisher for a reproduction apparatus An improved modular finisher apparatus, for use with a reproduction apparatus producing reproduction sets, for forming completely finished reproduction sets. The improved finisher apparatus comprises a receiver for receiving sheets of reproduction sets fr... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5076556 | Compact, single fold plate, bi-roll folder, with z-fold capability A sheet folding apparatus is disclosed which includes an inlet for receiving a sheet material from outside of the sheet folding apparatus, an outlet for discharging the sheet material to outside of the sheet folding apparatus, and a folding mechanism with... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5072919 | Versatile folding apparatus to provide folded products of selectively different folding patterns A web (17) received, for example, from an 8-page or 16-page printing machine, is severed in a cutter blade cylinder (6) needle-tucking blade cylinder (7) combination and the severed sheets are provided with a cross fold in a first system (A) formed by the... | 12/17/1991 |
