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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177697 | Dunnage conversion machine and method A dunnage conversion machine (36) converts a sheet stock material into a dunnage product that is relatively thicker and less dense than the stock material, but is relatively thin and sufficiently flexible to function as a protective wrap. The conversion machi... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7427259 | Sheet folding device, sheet processing apparatus, and image forming system including the sheet folding device A sheet folding device, method, and computer program product for conveying one of a sheet and a sheet bundle with pressure by a sheet conveying unit toward a sheet position adjusting unit; moving the sheet position adjusting unit to a standby position located downst... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7354387 | Folding device Folding device, for use in sealing flexible tubular containers by adhering two facing portions on the same end edge, which comprises two groups of rotating paddles that face one another, able to turn simultaneously and so that each paddle in the same group pushes re... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7337595 | Packaging system with void fill measurement A system, and associated components and methodology, that provides for automatic determination and supply of an amount of dunnage to fill the void left in a container in which one or more objects have been placed. The system comprises a dunnage dispenser which is op... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7302787 | Defect detection device and bag packaging system equipped with defect detection device A bag packaging system includes a bag packager and a defect detection device that receives bags manufactured by the bag packager and conveys the bags while checking for defects. The defect detection device includes a first conveyor belt that is arranged below the ba... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7220223 | Printing press having an apparatus for measuring a printed product A printing press having an apparatus for determining the product thickness of a folded product which is fed to folding rolls for making a fold known as the third fold. The apparatus has measuring heads that are arranged on both sides of a folding roll bearing levers... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7214176 | Folding machine with removable plate A paper folding machine is provided including a housing having upper and lower fold plates constructed for quick and easy removal of the upper plates from the machine so that repairs can be made. The plates include a paper stop and an adjuster connected to the paper... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7195585 | Cushioning conversion machine and method with stock usage monitoring A method of determining a total amount of stock material passing through a cushioning conversion machine over a period of time during which a plurality of three-dimensional cushioning products are made. The method includes the acts of providing a sheet stock materia... | 03/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6932751 | Apparatus and method for making bags of different dimensions This invention relates to packaging apparatus and a method which enables bags of different widths and lengths to be produced so as to enable products of varying sizes to be packaged in those bags. ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6475129 | Buckle folding machine with adjustable folding gap widths A buckle folding machine is provided with a device with which the folding rollers (W1 through W5) can be automatically set to different folding gap widths as a function of the measured or calculated thickness of a sheet of paper or stack passing through t... | 11/05/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6318049 | Slitter machine for tab lock cases A slitter machine of the type where tab lock cases of varying height, width, and length are advanced therethrough in a product flow direction on a machine bed by a main drive motor, is presented. The slitter machine includes a frame, a centerline, a leadi... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6319183 | Method and apparatus for setting up a box erecting machine A box erecting machine that can readily be set up to assemble boxes of different sizes contains pointers and scales permitting the vertical and horizontal adjustment of the box magazine, the centering of the flap folding structures, and the vertical adjus... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6319182 | Method of and apparatus for positioning of devices along a bag-making line Devices used in making bags or otherwise carrying out operations on a web of material, such as a plastic web are repositioned based upon a measure of the repeat length of the intermittent advance of the web and comparison of the actual value of that advan... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6293076 | Method and apparatus for automatically positioning a pneumatic envelope opener An apparatus and method for automatically positioning a plurality of suction devices over the throat of envelope to lift the throat. The apparatus includes: a base section pivotably mounted on a pivot shaft; a carriage movably mounted on the base section;... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6227089 | Assembly for modifying a sheet material web An apparatus for penetrating a sheet material web being carried on a fabric. The apparatus including a penetrating device and an air flow that separates a portion of the sheet material web from the fabric adjacent the penetrating device so as to bring the... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6171225 | Finisher A finisher including a tray to enable the stacking of sheets; a leading end stopper, which projects from an upper surface of the tray, to contact and align an end face of a sheaf of sheets stacked in the tray; and a sheaf-conveying device, having a pair o... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6165113 | Method and mechanism for sensing the position of the top of a stack of paper A method and mechanism for sensing the position of the top of a stack of material in a stacking apparatus. The mechanism includes, a hub assembly, an arm, a stop, a torsion device that biases the arm toward the stop, a first trigger and a second trigger. ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6024682 | Automatically continuously variable fold position sheet folding system with automatic length and skew correction An improved sheet folder for flimsy printed sheets with an automatic fold position correction system. The folder may have an input sheet feeder, a fold chute with a chute entrance, reversible sheet feeding rollers in the fold chute adjacent to the chute e... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5993369 | Finisher with multiple sheet folders A finisher with a folding section for creasing or folding incoming sheets decides folding positions of the sheets based on contact between the leading ends of the sheets and first folding stoppers as leading-end regulating devices. The finisher adjusts th... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5988030 | Apparatus for penetrating a sheet material web carried on a fabric An apparatus for penetrating a sheet material web being carried on a fabric. The apparatus including a penetrating device and an air flow that separates a portion of the sheet material web from the fabric adjacent the penetrating device so as to bring the... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5971905 | Bag maker-packaging machine capable of automatically positioning its components A bag maker-packaging machine adapted for use with formers having different sizes uses pull-down belts to pull by suction an elongated film which has been tubularly formed by a former. When a new former is installed, the pull-down belts are moved from spe... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5871429 | Cushioning conversion machine including a probe for sensing packaging requirements A cushioning conversion machine for converting a sheet-like stock material into a dunnage product includes a frame having an upstream end and a downstream end, conversion assemblies, mounted on the frame, which convert the sheet-like stock material into a... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5855542 | Fishing device The improved fishing device including a first jaw. The first jaw has a first upper portion with a projection, a first lower portion with a projection and a first intermediate with a projection and a hooking portion. Included is a second jaw. The second ja... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5829231 | Automated cushioning producing and filling system An automated cushioning producing and filling system includes a cushioning conversion machine which converts stock paper into cut pads of a selected length and transports the pads to a staging location, a pad sensor for sensing the presence of a pad in th... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5772568 | Carton flap folding and sealing machine A carton flap folding and sealing machine includes a separator, a conveyor, a first folding device, a second folding device, a third folding device and a sealing device. Cartons are orderly position by the separator and sent on the conveyor and moved forw... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5683338 | Device for assisting in the adjustment of fold dimensions in a folding and inserting machine A folder and inserter machine comprises a tray for receiving documents to be folded and a folding mechanism having a folding abutment whose position is adjustable under the control of a processor. A pointer member is moved along the document to be folded ... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5540647 | Folding apparatus for automatic folding of flatwork The folding apparatus for automatic folding of flatwork includes a longitudinal folder and a transverse folder following thereafter. In the transverse folder there are two laundry conveyors disposed one behind the other in the conveying direction of a fla... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5514066 | Buckle chute folding machine for different length sheets Disclosed is a sheet folding module for use in a sheet processing apparatus in which individual sheets are either separated from a continuous web or are stored in the processing apparatus as a stack of separate sheets in a sheet feeding module, and in whi... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5364332 | Soft nip folder An improved folder includes a "soft stop" reversible roll nip. Folding is accomplished by feeding a copy sheet into a stepper/servo controlled pinch roll that is under software control. The copy sheet is measured and the reversible roll nip is cycled from... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5300007 | Folder construction A folder for towels and similarly-sized laundry pieces is provided which is adapted to form a variety of folds in a rapid manner whereby high production is assured. The provided folder employs an air pervious surface assuring a controlled, rolling folding... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5224920 | Device for folding and collecting sheets of different formats A folding and depositing device for drawings provided with legends, comprising two folding stations for folding drawings in two directions at right angles to one another and a collecting station for depositing the folded drawings with their legends on the... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5061230 | Method of controlling bulk in folded webs A method of controlling stack back pressure in folding apparatus incorporating sensing the bulk of a stack issuing from folding rolls, forming a signal corresponding to the sensed bulk, comparing the signal with a predetermined signal range and changing t... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5057064 | Folding jaw cylinder A folding jaw cylinder has at least one set of movable folding jaws and a cooperating set of stationary folding jaws. The spacing between these sets of folding jaws can be varied in response to changes in paper ribbon thickness. Such variance in spacing i... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5026035 | Paper handling apparatus A folder inserter machine includes a device for monitoring the passage of stationery items between a pair of feed rollers (32, 38). A first signal is output if a single item is between the rollers and a second signal is output if more than one item is bet... | 06/25/1991 |
