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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7569007 | Method for controlling or regulating a folder of a printing press A method for controlling or regulating a folder of a printing press in which at least one fold control mark is printed onto a printed copy or a printing material of the printed copy. The at least one printed fold control mark is measured and at least one fold actual... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7563218 | Method for controlling or regulating a folder of a printing press A method and apparatus for controlling or regulating a folder of a printing press is disclosed. Setpoint fold values are generated on the basis of prepress stage data and printed copies are measured in the folded and/or partially folded state in order to determine a... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7537556 | High capacity knife folding system This invention provides a paper folding assembly where the thickness of the paper set stack is directly measured and will automatically determine the size of a gap located between two folder cylinders. A knife will push the set between the adjusted gap once it has b... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7326161 | Folder A folder includes a cut-off cylinder, etc. for cutting a web into sheets; a group of cylinders for folding each sheet into a signature in accordance with the selected folding specifications; and a conveyer apparatus, a fan wheel, a delivery conveyer, etc. for convey... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326166 | Method and apparatus for folding sheets of paper For folding a sheet of paper, a portion of the sheet situated between opposite ends of the sheet is bent to a folding nip between a pair of folding rollers. By rotating the folding rollers in an output rotation sense, whereby sections of the folding rollers in the a... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320663 | Continuous medium folding device and continuous medium printing apparatus having thereof The present invention relates to a device for folding continuous medium including a swing arm pivotable about an axis at one end of the swing arm. The continuous medium is guided by the swing arm and accordion-folded with equal widths as a result of the swinging ope... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7309307 | Device for folding flaps of box blanks A device for folding flaps of box blanks having crease lines transverse to the travel direction of the blanks, for use in a folder-gluer. A rotary member is rotatable around a transverse axis and provided with at least one folding arm. A removable linking device lin... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7284667 | Apparatus for separating laundry articles There is provided an apparatus and methods for separating an article of laundry from a bundle of articles. The bundle is located in a truck which is clamped into a carriage by means of clamping arm or attached to guide rails. The truck is moved by suitable drive mea... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7219482 | Method for folding documents for use in windowed envelopes A method and system for selecting fold lines on a sheet to be inserted into a windowed envelope includes scanning the windowed envelope with a scanner to determine the location of the window on the envelope. The location of a data block on an insert to be inserted i... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7214174 | Apparatus for folding a nonbonded nonwoven web Apparatus and methods for folding a nonwoven web without mechanical contact against a folding surface. A first portion of the nonwoven web is secured to a collector by vacuum and a positive pressure differential is applied to a second portion of the moving nonwoven ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7182723 | Informational item final folding apparatus A method and apparatus for forming informational items such as outserts and booklets may include folding a sheet of paper having product information printed thereon by making a plurality of folds in the sheet of paper to form a first folded article; (b) making a fol... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179215 | Process and apparatus for producing packs with an outer wrapper as well as reel unit In the production of packs with outer wrappers which have a tear-open strip (12), the latter of continuous material strips (18), for the purpose of severing the tear-open strips (12), are provided with printing, markings (24), etc. Moreov... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7150707 | Folding box gluing machine for production of folding boxes from blanks A folding box gluing machine has a folding station in which portions of blanks provided with a glue strip are folded, and a subsequent transfer station which includes as a conveyor mechanism at least two pairs of conveying straps, each including an upper and a lower... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7144357 | Method and apparatus for folding continuously fed web in two Here is disclosed a method and apparatus for folding a continuously fed in two. The web is folded along guide means defining a folding guide line with a fold angle gradually reduced. In the course of gradually reducing the fold angle, a plurality of guide rolls thro... | 12/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7097173 | Position detector A sheet depositing device for a sheet processing apparatus, includes a feeding section for sequentially feeding sheets or sets of sheets from the sheet processing apparatus, at least one sheet stacking element movable along a guide, for facilitating depositing the s... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7077393 | Sheet measurer and folder A finisher that is capable of accurate sheet processing but is small in size, the finisher controlling a feeder and a sheet folding unit and executing 1) an operation in which the sheet is conveyed in the first direction, and after a downstream edge thereof relative... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7077798 | Sheet folding apparatus, sheet folding method and image forming apparatus To avoid displacement of the fold formed on a sheet and misalignment between sheets when a fold is formed on a bundle of sheets stacked one on top of another, a sheet folding apparatus, for forming a plurality of folds on the sheet on which an image is formed, inclu... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7008363 | Apparatus and methods for folding a nonbonded nonwoven web Apparatus and methods for folding a nonwoven web without mechanical contact against a folding surface. A first portion of the nonwoven web is secured to a collector by vacuum and a positive pressure differential is applied to a second portion of the moving nonwoven ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7003929 | Apparatus and method for automated forming of sleeves for sliced products A forming apparatus is provided for forming a film into a sleeve around a filling tube. The forming apparatus has contact surface geometry that is contacted by the film as it travels thereacross configured to ensure smooth forming of the film into the sleeve. Smooth... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6949060 | Device and method for folding a flexible material web A device and a method are described for folding a flexible material web using at least one pair of counterrotating laying rollers, between which the material web may be fed to a folding location, the laying rollers being part of a laying carriage which is movable ov... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6942610 | Web folding machine A web folding machine for folding a continuously fed web into folded segments is disclosed. The machine includes a frame upon which the other components of the machine are mounted. A web supply provides continuous web material to these other components of the machin... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6939280 | Document folding apparatus A document folding apparatus comprising: a fold plate having one end adjacent a pair of output rollers which have a nip for receiving a document from the fold plate wherein the fold plate, is pivotable about a pivot point spaced from the output rollers and means for... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935998 | Method and device for determining the accuracy of a fold position The present invention relates to a method and a device for analyzing the accuracy of a fold (3) which is produced via a folding apparatus for printed products. In the process, with the printed products (1) being shingled, sensors (4) detect the ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6926655 | Method of packaging a web, and a package produced thereby The invention relates to a method and package for packaging a web. In the method of the invention, a web is slit into two or more narrower webs which are folded into superimposed layers. The method comprises the steps of directing the webs to a nip formed by two rot... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6926652 | Device for straightening and closing the rear flap for self-dimensioning machine for closing parallelepiped boxes A device for closing the rear flap in a self-dimensioning machine for closing the upper flaps of parallelepiped boxes of the type including a base with support surface for the boxes, a couple of drive belts that can be motorized placed at the two sides of the suppor... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6746390 | Sheet finishing method, sheet finisher and image forming apparatus for use therewith A sheet finishing method in which a sheet delivered from an image forming apparatus main body is conveyed and stacked on a sheet placement table, and the stacked sheets are positioned and aligned, and then folded by a folding means composed of a paired folding rolle... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6743161 | Method of setting the folding-nip width of a plurality of pairs of folding rollers, and folding machine in which the method can be implemented In the case of the method of setting the folding-nip width of a plurality of pairs of folding rollers which are provided on a folding machine, the two folding rollers (12 to 22) of the pairs of folding rollers are brought into contact with one another.... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6740022 | Rotary drum of folding device A rotary drum of the folding device includes a reference portion having a rotating shaft and a basic body rotated integrally with the rotating shaft an adjusted portion able to be rotated integrally with the reference portion and arranged so as to be displaced with ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6727986 | Method and device for measuring a folding angle of a sheet in a folding machine Method and device for measuring a folding angle of a sheet (6,25,26) in a folding machine, whereby a number of distances are measured in a plane (28) that crosses the sheet (6,25,26) and the element (4,24,7), whereby a distance profile ( | 04/27/2004 |
| 6716149 | Positioning fabric labels for their cutting and folding The labels present a central portion (13) provided with at least one brand name, and two opposing lateral tails (11b) folded against the rear face. The method consists of advancing a continuous fabric tape (10) consisting of a succession ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6689032 | Process for producing folded products, and folder for this purpose In folded-product production in which a product stream is split up into at least two sub-streams which each run through an associated folding arrangement and are then reunited, it is possible to achieve a high level of user-friendliness and good cost-effe... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6641514 | Buckle folding unit and method for controlling the register of a buckle folding unit A buckle folding unit with a folding pocket having an adjustable pocket stop, includes a first detector for detecting a first instant as a sheet travels from an inlet to the buckle folding unit until it reaches the pocket stop, a second detector for detec... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6606944 | Device and method for determining a signature lap A folder system includes an adjustable-lap folder for folding signatures so-as to define folded signatures, an optical sensor for measuring a presence of the fold&ed signatures, and a controller connected to the rotary blade folder and the optical sensor ... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6475128 | Apparatus and method for individually controlling motors in a carton folding machine in order to automatically execute a carton folding process A controller for providing individual acceleration and velocity values to drivers controlling motors in a carton folding machine. In a first method, the controller provides the individual acceleration and velocity values by using unique addresses for each... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6440052 | System for directing a leading edge of continuous form paper onto a stack Two movable members, one on either side of a pre-folded continuous form entering a paper stacking area, are driven according to a determined position of the pre-folded form to push a leading edge of the form to one or another side of the stacking area so ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6440049 | Folder with early warning jam detection system and related method A folder for processing a stream of printed signatures from a printing press and related method. The signatures have a desired path with a path edge and each signature has a lead and trail edge. The folder comprises a plurality of sensor sets, each sensor... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6419616 | Label looper There is disclosed a method and apparatus for making a looped label and accumulating labels in a stack. An intermediate portion of the label is inserted into the nip of a pair of rotating rolls which fold or loop the label into two side-by-side or face-to... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6358191 | System and method for flexible control and adjustment of a box forming machine A control system and method for adjustable and flexible control of a box forming machine. The system comprises a controller that is programmable to control the operation of a plurality of machine elements of the box forming machine and an operator interfa... | 03/19/2002 |
