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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7972256 | Folder with multiple-motor drive A folder includes a first cylinder having at least one first gripper for holding signatures and at least one tucker for tucking the signatures to define a first fold, a second cylinder having at least one first jaw for holding the signatures at the first fold, a fir... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7442158 | Folding apparatus A folding apparatus includes at least a first folding cylinder and a second, folding jaw cylinder. A third measuring cylinder is also provided. The measuring cylinder is usable to cut product sections or signatures of a determined length L from an endless web. The f... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7390292 | Puncture cylinder provided with at least one puncture strip A puncture or gripper cylinder is provided with at least one puncture strip that is provided with gripper pins or point needles. These pins are extendable from the cylinder to puncture and to grip a signature. At least one deflector is carried on the puncture cylind... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7351189 | Cutting device for the transverse cutting of at least one material web A cutting device is used to accomplish the transverse cutting of at last one material web. The cutting device includes a transport cylinder that is arranged to form a first cutting gap in cooperation with a first transverse cutting device. The transport cylinder is ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7329221 | Assembly for and method of gripping sheets of material in an interfolder 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... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7311651 | Transport device A transport or conveying device is used in a folding apparatus for transporting or conveying signatures. A transport or conveying cylinder, which carries the signatures, is placed in cooperative engagement with another cylinder. A position of a terminal end of a sig... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303521 | Folding apparatus of rotary press A folding apparatus of a rotary press which can select collect run or straight run comprises: a fixed pin cam 2 which performs operations of straight run and collect run; a correction pin cam 3 which stops in case of straight run, and protrudes/retract... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7255668 | Folding appliances A folding appliance includes a rotatable folding blade cylinder for transporting a signature to be folded, and at least one folding blade that can rotated about a first axle inside the folding blade cylinder. That first axle is held on a carrier which, in turn, can ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7175584 | Refastenable bonding of garment side panels In a process for making prefastened and refastenable garments, a discrete article is transported in a primary direction of movement. The discrete article can define a leading half comprising first fastening components, a trailing half comprising second fastening com... | 02/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7115087 | Cutting device A cutting device is used to accomplish the transverse cutting of at least a first material web. The cutting device includes a cutting cylinder and a first counter cylinder. These two cylinders rotate cooperatively and define a first gap through what a first transpor... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7115088 | Folder cylinder with support plate A folding cylinder includes a plurality of gripping devices supported on a first rotatable support with a first gripping device for holding a signature on the cylinder. A plurality of tucking devices are supported on a second rotatable support, the tucking devices i... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7090632 | Folder with multiple-motor drive A folder includes a first cylinder having at least one first gripper for holding signatures and at least one tucker for tucking the signatures to define a first fold, a second cylinder having at least one first jaw for holding the signatures at the first fold, a fir... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083561 | Folding device with a first and second partial cylinder and method for operating such a folding device A folding device includes a first partial cylinder and a second partial cylinder. These two partial cylinders form a cylinder body. The two partial cylinders are rotatable relative to each other and each partial cylinder includes first and second groups of functiona... | 08/01/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7011617 | Folder with group jaw adjustment A folder includes a collect cylinder having at least one gripper for receiving signatures, and at least one first tucker and a jaw cylinder having at least one first jaw for interacting with the first tucker, the at least one first jaw including a stationary jaw par... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7004068 | Folder and folding cylinder A folder cylinder with an outer circumferential surface has a first section having a first part at the outer circumferential surface of the cylinder and a second section having a second part at the outer circumferential surface of the cylinder, the first section bei... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6962559 | Roller arrangement for a booklet maker A roller arrangement for booklet makers comprises at least a first (1) and a second (2) pair of rotatably driven rollers, between which booklets (4) are intended to pass successively for folding. The first pair of rollers comprises two rollers (... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6923753 | Folder cylinder with support plate A folding cylinder includes a plurality of gripping devices supported on a first rotatable support with a first gripping device for holding a signature on the cylinder. A plurality of tucking devices are supported on a second rotatable support, the tucking devices i... | 08/02/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6902519 | Folding device A folding device for use with a rotary printing press includes a folding-jaw cylinder and a folding blade cylinder. The folding blade cylinder is movable with respect to the folding-jaw cylinder between a working position where it cooperates with the folding-jaw cyl... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6884209 | Apparatus and method for folding and stacking napkins A folding and stacking device for folded sheet articles includes a folding device for outputting a first set of sheet articles having a first fold and a second set of sheet articles having a second fold. Sheet articles from the first and second sets of sheet article... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6843764 | Non-trapped stripper belt A device for transporting a flat product includes a rotating transport cylinder and a continuous stripper belt. The rotating transport cylinder defines an axis of rotation and is configured to guide the flat product at a circumference of the cylinder over a first an... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6843763 | Folder cylinder with support plate A folding cylinder includes a plurality of gripping devices supported on a first rotatable support with a first gripping device for holding a signature on the cylinder. A plurality of tucking devices are supported on a second rotatable support, the tucking devices i... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6752751 | Folder with multiple-motor drive A folder includes a first cylinder having at least one first gripper for holding signatures and at least one tucker for tucking the signatures to define a first fold, a second cylinder having at least one first jaw for holding the signatures at the first fold, a fir... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6740024 | Jaw cylinder device at the folding station of a web-fed printing press The folding station of a rotary printing press has a folding cylinder on which the printed paper web is cut into sections. Mounted opposite the folding cylinder, a jaw cylinder has cut in its surface several jaw cavities each extending parallel to the jaw cylinder a... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6733431 | Device and method for folding newspapers with flexible inserting position Multi-section print material, such as a newspaper, is folded so as to enable inserts to placed at any location or at multiple locations within the half fold. Several sections are stacked onto one another with one of the signatures offset in the transport direction b... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6730011 | Printing-speed-responsive jaw spacing adjustment system for a jaw cylinder at the folding station of a web-fed printing press A printed paper web or any required number of such web in superposition are cut into sections at the folding station of a rotary printing press. Each web section has its midpart subsequently pushed into one of the jaw cavities in a jaw cylinder, therein to be engage... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6689041 | Folding jaw arrangement on printed product-processing folding cylinders A folding jaw arrangement (11) at a lateral surface (9) of a product-carrying cylinder (10) in folding apparatuses. The folding jaw arrangement (11) includes a stationary folding jaw part (13) and a movable folding jaw part (14). Formed therebetween is a ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6673004 | Cutting and folding mechanism for a web-fed rotary press A continuous web of printed paper is cut by a cutting cylinder into discrete sheets on being wrapped around part of a folding cylinder. The folding cylinder has sets of the folding blade in the cavity each aligned parallel to the cylinder axis and all arr... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6537188 | Variable-length cut-off jaw folder A device for cutting a web of material into signatures and folding the signatures comprising a first set of movable elements and a second set of movable elements, the web moving between the first and second sets of movable elements in a signature formatio... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6364821 | Longitudinal folding device in a folder of a web-fed printing machine, and method of adjustment There is provided, in a folder for web-fed printing machines for processing webs of material with longitudinal adhesive bonding, a longitudinal folding device including a displaceable folder former movable relative to a cylinder part of the folder, and a ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6209291 | Method of producing crease-lined packaging material The disclosure relates to a method of producing crease-lined packaging material with a high degree of accuracy as regards the placing and forming of longitudinal crease lines. A web-shaped starting material (1) is provided, in connection with the laminate... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6165118 | Folding apparatus A folding apparatus in a rotary printing press utilizes a cutting blade cylinder, a transport cylinder and a folding jaw cylinder. Operation of the various assemblies on the transport cylinder, such as folding blades and gripper systems is accomplished by... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5921906 | Pinless folder A pinless folder has a hold-down blade in a cut-off cylinder having, together with paper presses, a cut-off knife capable of cutting a web a in its entire width. A folding cylinder contiguous to the cut-off cylinder is provided, in addition to a cutter pa... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5551678 | Cylinder folding apparatus A cylinder folding apparatus for a web-fed rotary printing press utilizes solid cutting and a collecting cylinders to cut a paper web into signatures. A hollow folding drum is provided with an interior folding blade cylinder whose axis of rotation is offs... | 09/03/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5389188 | Apparatus for, forming pleats in a sheet material A method and apparatus are provided for forming pleats in a thermoplastic material by feeding a continuous web of sheet-like thermoplastic material to a pleat forming apparatus and subsequently drawing the web through a bonding device. The pleat forming a... | 02/14/1995 |
| 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 |
