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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6948870 | Print media loading mechanism for a printer A printer includes a print media loading mechanism that includes a pair of opposed endless belts to pick up print media for printing. The belts ride upon opposed pairs of rollers which are held in slides to limit the rollers' movement to motion towards and away from... | 09/27/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6878104 | Variable media thickness folding method A system for folding sheet material is provided, including a fold blade, two fold components biased toward one another, and first drive means for moving at least one of the fold blade and the two fold components to position the fold blade between the two fold compon... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6846278 | Card package production system with modular carrier folding apparatus for multiple forms A card package production system (20) for producing card packages (22) with cards (26) mounted to bifold carrier forms (24) with a pair of parallel, spaced, preweakened fold lines (33) and (34) dividing the body (32) ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6668523 | Process for the final folding and subsequent storage of a piece of linen To fold a piece of linen to a very small final dimension, for example a bed sheet to 9"×6", the piece of linen is kept constantly under pressure after final folding until it has been fixed in a storage position, in order to prevent opening of said final ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6669619 | Device for folding print copies A device for folding printing copies in a web-fed rotary printing machine includes a folding knife, controls for reciprocatingly moving the folding knife at least approximately in one plane, the controls including a first and a second toggle lever, which,... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6659931 | Jaw device for rotary-press folding section A jaw device for rotary-press folding section provided on a jaw cylinder in which the a continuous paper web guided in between a cutting cylinder and a folding cylinder is guided along the outer periphery of the folding cylinder, with the leading edge the... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6645134 | Outsert-forming apparatus An 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, the folds in th... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6592505 | Device for forming a tube provided with gussets A device for forming a tube provided with gussets out of a single- or multi-layer, continuously pre-stressed material web consists of divided upper and lower folding plates mounted on the machine frame that determine the width of the tube to be formed whe... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6510671 | Apparatus for producing bundle packages for cigarettes During the production of cuboid-shaped packages, in particular bundle packages made of thin cardboard, it is necessary to form sharp-edged package edges (44, 45), namely those having a right-angled cross-section. This is ensured by means of a folding aid,... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6511407 | Feed means for sheets, particularly creasing means, and method for advancing sheets For folding sheet layers the folding blade (20) forms a comb. The comb gaps (27) are closed during fold pressing and opened during transfer of the fold to a conveyor (21). Thus the conveyor (21) engages the sheet only in the region of the comb gaps and ea... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6309336 | Apparatus for folding a portion of a textile length An apparatus is provided for folding a portion of a textile length, in particular a bed sheet or similar, with a lengthwise folding device (16) in which the textile length is folded to produce a tubular folded product (2) with lengthwise folding edges ext... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6305146 | Process for the final folding and subsequent storage of a piece of linen and final folding means To fold a piece of linen (5) to a very small final dimension, for example a bed sheet to 9"×6", said piece of linen is kept constantly under pressure after final folding until it has been fixed in a storage position, in order to prevent opening of said f... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6276045 | Method and apparatus for making structured packing element Upper and lower mirror image die plates are resiliently supported and have predetermined displacement values for forming vortex generators and foldline crease channels without compressive deformation in a porous sintered metal fiber sheet material. Cutter... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6263814 | Strip of material with splices and products formed therefrom A package of a continuous strip of material includes a plurality of parallel side by side stacks each containing a length of the strip which is folded back and forth such that each folded portion of the stack is folded relative to the next portion about a... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6074332 | Knife folder A knife folder for folding a sheet material comprises a sheet-material feeder for feeding the sheet material in a first direction, a folder for folding said sheet material, and a sheet-material conveyer used for conveying the sheet material and comprising... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5989175 | Method and apparatus for conveying sheet etc. for a folding machine In the present invention, when a signature is formed with a chopper folding device, the conveying force of a sheet etc. conveyed to a position for sheet positioning is reduced, and the sheet etc. is released from restraint of the conveying force, by which... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5966905 | Packaging a strip of material in layers with intervening splices A package of a continuous strip of material includes a plurality of parallel side by side stacks each containing a length of the strip, which is folded back and forth such that each folded portion of the stack is folded relative to the next portion about ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5961431 | Device for turning the front panel of a plate-like workpiece within a folder-gluer The device for turning a front panel of a platelike workpiece within a folder-gluer comprises a retaining plate 20 extending across and somewhat above the traveling plane of the workpiece and a series of lifting fingers 30 positioned transversely below th... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5961435 | Folding device A folding device (10) includes: two cam-controlled folding knives (20, 21) that are vertically moveable relative to each other; a run-in table (60) vertically shiftable synchronously with the folding knives; and a counter-pressure line (80) having at leas... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5876027 | Sheet bundle folding apparatus A sheet bundle folding apparatus causes a bundle of sheets to be rolled into a pair of fold rollers thereby folding the bundle of sheets. The apparatus is provided with a drive source for rotating the pair of fold rollers in a normal direction to roll in ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5480372 | Apparatus for folding and loading microwave popcorn bags into a fixture The front bag (12) of a supply of bags (12) stored in a magazine (250) is removed by an unloading device (252) including four linkages (254, 256, 258, 260) which are pivoted to attach suction cups (264) thereto. The unloading device (252) inserts the bag ... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5458557 | Quarter fold folding device having a balancing system A quarter fold folding device is described, having a quarter fold blade suspended by two opposite ends from two pivots, which are free to rotate with respect to the blade and are securely fastened to two connecting rods at one of their ends. The connectin... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5445592 | Signature booklet maker with a modified fold blade and a trim waste elimination device A signature booklet maker (SBM) finishing apparatus for an image producing device includes a modified fold blade having a plurality of contacting teeth spaced part by a predetermined distance. The contacting teeth further include a predetermined contact s... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5273515 | Transporting arrangement for transferring of transversely folded printed products to third fold An arrangement for transferring transversely folded printed products to a third fold has a mechanism for providing a first longitudinal fold, a subsequently arranged mechanism for forming a transverse fold and having an outlet gap, two devices for forming... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5222934 | Signature conveying assembly A signature conveying assembly for a longitudinal folder of a web-fed rotary printing press utilizes a horizontally adjustable belt support roll to vary the intensity of the clamping force of the belts against the conveyed signatures and the impact force ... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5085625 | Chopper fold device for a folder A chopper type fold device includes a chopper blade supported by at least two linear feeding crank mechanisms provided along a longitudinal direction of the chopper blade, each linear feeding crank mechanism comprising two crank members mutually rotating ... | 02/04/1992 |
| 4985013 | Method and an apparatus for folding paperlike material, such as documents, which may differ in quality and length and which are conveyed in assembled form or successively A method and an apparatus for folding paperlike material, such as documents, which may have different quality and length and are conveyed in assembled form or successively in a transport track, said paperlike material having a leading and a trailing edge ... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4909779 | Bag stacking machine A web of flat plastic bag stock formed with transverse perforations and heat seals is separated into individual bags, then individually formed in plural folds and the folded bags are stacked for packaging. To form as many as three folds, four rollers are ... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4857039 | Flexible material folding apparatus A mechanical folding device fires a multiplicity of pins through an air table and a multiplicity of parallel endless belts forming the conveyor to lift a flexible foldable length of material, such as a plastic film bag body, into a catching device such as... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4834696 | Folding of paperboard sheets and the like In a folding device for flexible sheet material, a plurality of longitudinally in-line sheet contactor members (1a-23a), called contactors, are provided, each of which are controllably pivotally movable about a pivot axis (113) so as to collectively pivot... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4784379 | Apparatus and method for automated mail Apparatus and method for automatically preparing large mailings in which one or more documents are nested within the fold of a letter sheet prior to insertion into an outer envelope. One or more unfolded letter sheets are transported to a folding operatio... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4746108 | Chopper device for use in a folder An improved chopper device for use in a folder for folding a signature which has been subjected to parallel folding at a parallel folding device and then conveyed by means of a conveying belt, in a direction perpendicular to the parallel folding direction... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4650173 | Method of operating a diaper producing machine and apparatus A method and apparatus for operating a diaper-producing machine where a series of unfolded diapers are advanced along a path containing a plurality of stackers each having a folding blade, the apparatus having means for periodically altering the movement ... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4647029 | Paper sheet folding device A paper sheet folding apparatus includes three rotatably mounted folding rollers which cooperate in pairs to provide two folds in a single paper sheet or a packet of paper sheets. A first paper support member on one side of the rollers cooperates with a d... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4637812 | Apparatus for folding web-shaped member An apparatus for folding a web of plastic film at predetermined locations and in a Z-shaped manner. The apparatus, by use of a mechanism for supplying the web material, has a pair of film feeding arms supplying the web material to the folded end portions ... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4439175 | Apparatus for forming thermal insulation blocks A machine for forming blocks of fibrous insulation from a continuous fibrous blanket. These folded blocks may be used in furnace linings or the like. A pair of oscillating folder vanes form folds which extend in alternating directions. The vanes are oscil... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4295841 | Box blank folding apparatus A belt type box blank folding machine including bar folder assemblies on a downstream end thereof for engaging partially folded substantially upstanding outer panels on the blanks and folding them downward against inner panels of the blanks. The bar folde... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4281828 | Plastic bag handling system A system for handling and transferring plastic bags between folding stations including control means for monitoring the folding accuracy and alignment of each bag while advancing along a predetermined path and means responsive to the control means for div... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4269402 | Folding apparatus A folding apparatus for rotary roller printing presses, having at least one collecting or crosswise folder, positioned behind which there is at least one sword folder composed of a folding sword interacting with a pair of folding cylinders, the folded mat... | 05/26/1981 |
