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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7775959 | Folding device with a folding drum A folding device with a folding drum for producing the second longitudinal fold in products of a rotary press has at least two folding blades fixed in folding-blade carriers, a folding-blade shaft is mounted in the folding drum at both ends by means of bearings and ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7364158 | Conveyor apparatus A conveyor apparatus includes a receiving clearance adjustment mechanism for adjusting the vertical clearance between portions of downstream-side upper belts, the portion being located furthest upstream with respect to the conveyance direction of signatures, and ups... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7318798 | Apparatus and method for folding and tucking crotch region of disposable diaper An apparatus includes a first rotary disc, a plurality of folding plates mounted on a peripheral zone of the first rotary disc, a plurality of positive motion cams mounted on the peripheral zone of the first rotary disc so as to be interposed between the first rotar... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7247131 | Folding machine for the graphics industry The invention relates to a folding machine for the graphics industry. The machine has a folder, at least one pair of blade shafts following the folder, and a separate roll frame that supports the pair of blade shafts. In order to be able to perform changeover operat... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7195586 | Apparatus and method for folding and tucking disposable diapers in their crotch regions An apparatus includes a first rotary disc, a plurality of folding plates arranged at regular intervals along a peripheral zone of the first rotary disc, a plurality of positive motion cams arranged at regular intervals along the peripheral zone of the first rotary d... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191031 | Reverse rotation preventing electronic cam curve generating method based on electronic cam type rotary cutter control and control device therefor It is an object of the invention to provide a reverse rotation preventing electronic cam curve generating method of an electronic cam type rotary cutter control which serves to prevent the reverse rotation of a cutter. According to the invention, there is pro... | 03/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7090631 | Methods and apparatus for scoring and trimming imaged sheet media A sheet finishing apparatus includes a media path configured to receive a sheet of media moving along the media path. A creasing tool is located proximate to the media path and is configured to form a crease in the sheet of media. The apparatus also includes a sheet... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083563 | Method and system for replacing web folding boards A system and method for selectively replacing one set of folding boards for another set of folding boards is provided. The system can include a first frame assembly secured to a first set of folding boards. The first set of folding boards can be initially placed in ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7011616 | Cutting cylinder for crosscutting a printing material web in a rotary press A cutting cylinder is mounted such that it can rotate and be driven and is provided with four cutting blades on its circumference, which blades divide the circumferential length into four sections arranged on the circumference of the cutting cylinder. ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6869388 | Folding blade cylinder of a folding machine A folding blade cylinder for use in a folding machine includes a cylindrical cradle and a folding blade that can be situated in various positions in the cylindrical cradle. Each position of the folding blade corresponds to a gap in the cylinder cradle surface. These... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6846279 | Drive for a cylinder of a rotary printing machine A cylinder of a rotary printing machine has cylinder parts that can be driven and rotated independently of one another. The cylinder parts each have a drive connection to an electric motor and can be driven independently of one another. ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6779446 | Offset printing machine The invention relates to the drive of a printing machine. Cylinders and functional groups are to be driven with low technical expenditure. To this end, all form cylinders (1.1, 1.2)in a printing unit, for example, are driven respectively by separate electric ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6773387 | Vacuum cleaning folding rail An elongate rail for an equal path folder that has a hollow tube having a a longitudinal axis and a vacuum applied thereto, and a first and second substantially planar surfaces parallel to the longitudinal axis and forming a folding edge therebetween. The hollow tub... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6685616 | Method and apparatus for setting up at least one tool on a tool carrier in relation to format The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for setting up at least one holding arrangement for a workpiece in relation to format and/or for setting a tool on a tool carrier, selectable positions being provided in particular for the holding arrange... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6673003 | Vacuum cleaning folding rail An elongate rail for an equal path folder that has a hollow tube having a a longitudinal axis and a vacuum applied thereto, and a first and second substantially planar surfaces parallel to the longitudinal axis and forming a folding edge therebetween. The... | 01/06/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6589150 | Apparatus and method to fold and secure sanitary napkin flaps prior to packaging The present invention is directed to a sanitary napkin having flaps folded onto the main body of the napkin and temporarily held in this position by a finger means. At least one end of the napkin is then folded onto the flaps thereby retaining the flaps i... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6526733 | Device for aligning a packing material tube with a position mark The invention relates to a device for aligning a packing material tube (1) with a treatment station in a packaging machine in which a tube (1) with a circular cross-section is produced from a strip of printed packaging material having embossed lines. Said... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6322487 | Method and apparatus for delivery of flat printed products The present invention is generally directed to providing a method and apparatus for accurately and efficiently folding a flat product (e.g., a web of paper or signatures obtained therefrom) during its delivery. Exemplary embodiments provide a single devic... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6279890 | Combination rotary and jaw folder for a printing press A printing press having a jaw mode assembly and a rotary mode assembly with a single folding cylinder adapted to feed either the jaw mode assembly or the rotary mode assembly is disclosed. A moving web of material is initially trained about the folding cy... | 08/28/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6228014 | Interfolding method of sheet material and machine for carrying out such method A machine (1) for interfolding sheet material (4a, 4b) starting from a web (3a, 3b) of paper and the like. A sequence of offset sheets (4a, 4b) is formed on folding rollers (7a, 7b) which are counter-rotating with respect to each other and have a pluralit... | 05/08/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6038974 | Gripper deceleration cross folder A gripper deceleration cross folder device having a rotatably mounted jaw cylinder including a plurality of jaw devices, a rotatably mounted gripper decelerator drum forming a nip with the jaw cylinder, and a plurality of gripper decelerator devices mount... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6019714 | Folding apparatus with signature divider A folding apparatus is used to cross-fold printed matter, particularly of variable section lengths. Damage to the printed products is avoided, even at high production speeds. This is accomplished by providing a signature divider after a transverse cutting... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6010122 | Method and apparatus for producing high page count signatures A method and apparatus is disclosed for producing high page count signatures for printed publications. Signatures with a 96 page count and 128 page count are illustrated and described herein. In either case, the signature is constructed of four sheets of ... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5947883 | Device for transferring slips of paper from a first rotationally-driven cylinder to a second rotationally-driven cylinder A device for transferring slips of paper from a first rotationally-driven cylinder to a second rotationally-driven cylinder. Each cylinder has a pincers-like gripper including a controlled, pivotal jaw that has the form of a blade cooperating with a rigid... | 09/07/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5765459 | Method for moving point neeedles in a two stage extension path Point needles in a collecting cylinder are driven in a two stage extension process to initially needle or pierce the leading edge of a product web being cut. Once the cut has been made, the needle tips are moved further radially outwardly from the cylinde... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5697881 | Folding machine with collection mechanism A folding machine is provided with a collection mechanism to permit abatement of load deviation and also the amount of time required for changeover from the collection mode to the non-collection mode in shortened. The folding machine with collection mecha... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5676630 | Folder device with format conversion A folder device that can be converted from parallel fold to delta fold, and the pre-fold of which is also convertible. The device includes cylindrical segments respectively, that are turned relative to one another by two planetary gear trains, which are a... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5522586 | Folding apparatus with multiple speed folding jaw cylinder Continuous web-fed rotary tuck and jaw type folding apparatus, typically for high speed periodical, catalogue or newspaper production, is speedily and readily convertible to produce differently page sized and differently folded signatures. Said apparatus ... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5520378 | Folding apparatus for rotary printing presses A folding apparatus for rotary printing presses uses at least a single stage speed reducing device between a collection cylinder and a folding blade cylinder to reduce the speed of travel of signatures before they are cross-folded. The reduction in the sp... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5494270 | Cross folder and method of cross folding Folder for cross folding printing products which have been cut from a web by a cutting device includes at least one cross folding device having a tucker blade cylinder and a folding jaw cylinder, the folding jaw cylinder having at least one folding jaw fo... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5468209 | Sealing for a folding blade shaft A reliable, wear-resistant sealing for a collecting and folding cylinder includes, on each folding blade shaft, a disk (4) which has a sealing ring (13) arranged on the collar of the side facing the oil space (6) of the folding cylinder (1). The disk (4) ... | 11/21/1995 |
