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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8123665 | Multi-fold interfolding machine structure Interfolding machine of sheet material for making a stack of interfolded sheets (1) equipped with cutting and transferring means, including, for example, a cutting roller 2 that operates the division of the web (10) into sheets (11) of de... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7998050 | Structure of interfolding machine with adjustable cut-off An interfolding machine having a modular structure and with variable cut-off, including a frame having a first plate and a second plate, parallel to each other, interconnected by means of beams. Between the plates are arranged folding rollers, means for moving and a... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7338425 | Variable length cutting device A variable length cutting device includes a cutting cylinder and a transfer cylinder. The transfer cylinder cooperates with the cutting cylinder for cutting a ribbon into signatures having a desired cutoff length. An adjustable diameter portion of the transfer cylin... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7264583 | Folding machine with transferring device of the folded products that penetrates the folding roller The folding machine comprises a pair of folding rollers (1, 3) rotating about axes essentially parallel to each other and defining a nip (5) through which a web material (N) to be folded passes. Disposed on each of the folding rollers are folding membe... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7246557 | Printing group of a rotary printing press A printing group of a rotary printing press includes at least one forme cylinder and at least one transfer cylinder. The forme cylinder has at least two printing forme end receiving channels. These two channels are spaced circumferentially. At least one of these for... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7174938 | Apparatus for folding and applying onserts onto consumer goods A machine for folding and applying onserts onto consumer goods such as cigarette packs comprises a continuous roll of preprinted onserts and a transverse cutter assembly for cutting onsert segments from the continuous roll. Each onsert segment includes a pair of sid... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7137943 | Sheet preparation module architecture and control methods Sheets can be manipulated for punching, perforating and/or folding. The systems and methods according to this invention allow sheets to be punched and/or perforated in various configurations. The systems and methods according to this invention allow sheets to be fol... | 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 |
| 7097607 | Folding roller for paper converting machine An interfolding machine, having first and second folding counter rotating rollers, a substantially cylindrical body and a plurality of folding means for engaging at a contact line (15) for making a stack of folded and/or interfolded sheets in a folding area. ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7087007 | Sheet post-processing device and image forming apparatus A sheet post-processing device is provided with a pushing device for pushing a predetermined position of a sheet stack in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction that the sheet stack is conveyed, and a pair of rotating bodies for performing a folding ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083560 | Cushioning conversion machine having heavy duty characteristics A cushioning conversion machine for converting multi-ply stock material is characterized by a conversion assembly which comprises one or more assemblies and/or devices for converting multi-ply stock material into a three-dimensional cushioning product and a stock su... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083562 | Geared folding apparatus A folding apparatus utilizes a primary drive motor, at least one cylinder that is driven for rotation by the primary drive motor, and a pair of folding rollers. The folding rollers can be driven for rotation by an auxiliary motor. The folding rollers can be coupled ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7066090 | Printing group of a rotary printing press A printing group of a rotary printing press includes at least one forme cylinder and at least one transfer cylinder. The forme cylinder has at least two printing forme end receiving channels. These two channels are spaced circumferentially. At least one of these for... | 06/27/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7036413 | Device for the transverse cutting of at least one web in a folding apparatus A printed, endless web is transversely cut by the cooperation of a cutting blade cylinder and a sheet gripping cylinder that also carries cutting blocks. If the web that is to be cut, is noted as having a defect, for example in the printing applied to it, the cuttin... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6913256 | Former for a folding unit A former roller, which is driven for rotation, is located at the intake of a former for a folding unit. A controller unit is utilized to control the rotation of the motor, which drives the former roller, in such a way that the former roller exerts a tensile force on... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6910997 | Machine and method for making paper dunnage Dunnage making machine and method in which a web of paper is drawn across a forming bar with curved end sections to roll the edge portions of the paper, then drawn through a first throat section to urge the rolled edge portions toward each other and cause them to ga... | 06/28/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6723034 | Presentation of fastening components for making prefastened and refastenable pants A process for making prefastened and refastenable garments includes providing a plurality of discrete articles with mating fastening components disposed in the waist regions. First fastening components are separated from one another by an initial transverse distance... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6709375 | Method and apparatus for creasing a product folded along a fold line A creasing device for creasing a folded booklet on its fold line utilizing two creasing rollers which together form a creasing nip for rolling over the fold line of the booklet, the creasing nip pressing the booklet flat during a reciprocating movement of the creasi... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6689038 | Method and apparatus for interrupting interfolded sheets created by a lapping interfolder A system for forming a discontinuity in a stack of interfolded sheets formed by a pair of folding rolls acting on a stream of overlapping sheets supplied from a pair of feed rolls. At a desired sheet count, the feed rolls and folding rolls are operated to... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6669617 | Paper web folding and cutting apparatus A paper web folding and cutting apparatus for a form printing machine includes a paper web traveling path which enables a continuous paper web to travel at a predetermined traveling speed. A cut portion forming device is disposed on the paper web travelin... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6562171 | Method for making a two sided image A method and apparatus for the manufacture of a two-sided image product is disclosed, comprising the steps of: providing a web of media having an image bearing side and a non-image bearing side; printing a plurality of undetermined images on the image bea... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6551227 | Device for seizing of flat material on a transporting surface The present invention is related to a device for seizing a flat material (25) such as a web of material (1) on a transporting surface (15). A first cylinder (7) has at least one knife assembly (12) assigned to its respective surface (9). A paper conductin... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6290635 | Device for folding a web of material An apparatus and method for producing a zig-zag folded filter element from a web of material (18), which is supplied through a feeding device to a stamping unit (10). To define the folding line, the stamping unit is fitted with an anvil roll (21) and a st... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6283905 | System and method for producing folded articles A system (10) for producing folded articles includes a cutting station (58) operable to segment a fabric web (42) into a continuous stream of individual web segments (86). The system also includes a rotary folder (96) comprising a plurality of folding rol... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6251053 | Method for transferring an end of a material web A folder for a rotary printing press, having at least one copy-guiding cylinder and, on the one copy-guiding cylinder, gripping devices for gripping one end of a copy, includes a cutting cylinder cooperating with the one copy-guiding cylinder, and copy-gu... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6234947 | Method and device for cross-folding signatures Signatures that are cross-folded to form cross folded products can be formed without damaging the product whether the cross-folded product is thick or thin. The signatures are given a pre-fold by a pre-fold cylinder that utilizes a plurality of pre-fold g... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6213927 | Interfolding method of sheet material not or not enough permeable to air and machine for carrying out such method A method and a machine for the production of interfolded stacks (17) formed by a plurality of sheets (4a,4b) comprising the steps of: transversally cutting or tearing sheets obtained from at least one web (3a,3b) and offset with respect to one another so ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6193640 | Paper feeding in a folder Folders in a web-fed rotary printing press are associated with two spaced horizontal planes. Each of these planes is provided with a superstructure carriage that supports a plurality of turning bars. Each of the superstructure carriages can be displaced h... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6179765 | Paper dispensing system and method The invention is an apparatus for converting sheets of paper into cushioning dunnage. The apparatus includes a supply assembly, a conversion mechanism, a cutting assembly and a cutting assembly interlock device. The supply assembly supports the paper whic... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6179764 | Method and device for treating moving paper webs Moving paper webs are treated by having a cross-groove or crease pressed into them prior to being transversely cut and folded. The cross-groove or crease is produced by a radially vibrating, rail-like pressure tool that cooperates with a counter-pressure ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6168558 | Roll of bags and method and device for producing the same Method and device for producing rolls (17) of bags. At least one longitudinal side edge (15, 16) of a line of overlapping bags (17) is folded towards the centre axis of said line of bags. The line is then winded to rolls (17).... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6165116 | Method and apparatus for creating a discontinuity in a stack interfolded sheets A system and method for creating a discontinuity in a stack of interfolded sheets in which folding rolls cooperate to interfold staggered sheets supplied in two streams of sheets, each of which is severed from a web of material. When a desired sheet count... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6159138 | Folder having a cylinder with retractable grippers and a cooperating cylinder with retractable copy guiding devices A folder for a rotary printing press, having at least one copy-guiding cylinder and, on the one copy-guiding cylinder, gripping devices for gripping one end of a copy, includes a cutting cylinder cooperating with the one copy-guiding cylinder, and copy-gu... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6126586 | Device for improving folding accuracy in a folder A folder having at least one folding unit with at least two mutually cooperating product-carrying cylinders, the folder having further folding attachments, and devices for increasing cutting accuracy, includes retaining elements engageable with at least o... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6059711 | Device for tearing and folding paper in series A device is provided for tearing off a series of perforated paper sheets and folding the detached paper sheets. The device is composed of a frame, at least two paper feeding rollers, at least three paper folding rollers, a plurality of paper guiding plate... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5752909 | Hemming method and apparatus A skiving method comprises forming by milling, along an edge zone of a packaging blank comprised of a liquid-absorbent layer and at least two liquid-barrier layers thereon, a tongue, a recess inwardly of the tongue, a land inwardly of the recess, and a gr... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5429579 | Varible size folding machine The present invention pertains to a variable size folding machine 10 in which a plurality of cross perforaters 61, 62, and 63 are disposed. Any of the plurality of cross perforaters 61, 62, and 63 may be selected for forming lateral perforations on a sign... | 07/04/1995 |
