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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7399265 | Apparatus and method for adjusting a folding-jaw cylinder of a folder for a printing press A folding-jaw cylinder of a folder for a printing press is disclosed. Actuable folding-jaw cheeks are assigned to a first cylinder part of the folding-jaw cylinder and fixed folding-jaw cheeks are assigned to a second cylinder part. Both cylinder parts are assigned ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7322924 | Apparatus for making an album leaf An apparatus and method for automatically folding a sheet of media, for example, a photographic paper about a fold line, such that a album page is formed. The photosensitive media has images only on one side. A heat activated adhesive sheet is provided between the s... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7293705 | Radio frequency identification method and system of distributing products A method and system for vending products from a defined area, such as a micro-warehouse with a door. The method includes fitting each product with a radio frequency identification tag, positioning the plurality of products in a micro-warehouse, sensing opening and c... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7258276 | Radio frequency identification method and system of distributing products A method and system for vending products from a defined area, such as a micro-warehouse with a door. The method includes fitting each product with a radio frequency identification tag, positioning the plurality of products in a micro-warehouse, sensing opening and c... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7165720 | Radio frequency identification method and system of distributing products A method and system for vending products from a defined area, such as a micro-warehouse with a door. The method includes fitting each product with a radio frequency identification tag, positioning the plurality of products in a micro-warehouse, sensing opening and c... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7156799 | Folding machine with stacking arm 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 may be made. The machine includes an automatically adjustable stacking arm movable ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7143569 | Calibrated shrink wrap packaging system and associated method An automatic high-speed wrapping system for wrapping packages in heat sealable thermoplastic film includes a film delivery unit wherein the film is dispensed and wrapped around the packages at a high rate of speed as the packages travel through the system. The packa... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7146243 | Product location method utilizing product bar code and aisle-situated, aisle-identifying bar code The present invention is an item location directory method and system which involves the use of item-identifying bar codes on the items to be included in the directory, and location-identifying bar codes physically applied to the corresponding locations. These are r... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140165 | Apparatus and method for sealing boxes An apparatus for sealing a box having four top flaps initially disposed in an open position. The apparatus includes a conveying system for conveying the box from a first end of the apparatus to a second end of the apparatus. The apparatus also includes a flap foldin... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7069707 | Vertical tubular bagging machine In order to be able to easily exchange the fill pipe in a vertical tubular bagging machine, where a flat foil web is reshaped on a forming shoulder into a foil tube running over a fill pipe, a forming shoulder is suggested which can be opened. A shoulder sleeve out ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6974407 | Cushioning conversion machine and method A conversion machine and related method for making a dunnage product by converting a sheet-like stock material of at least one ply into a dunnage product is characterized by a manual reversing mechanism that is useful, for example, for clearing paper jams. The conve... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6949060 | Device and method for folding a flexible material web A device and a method are described for folding a flexible material web using at least one pair of counterrotating laying rollers, between which the material web may be fed to a folding location, the laying rollers being part of a laying carriage which is movable ov... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6944928 | Process and apparatus for producing a pallet from folded material The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for the production of pallets (2), which are assembled from several base beams (4) and at least one load deck (3), which is folded to form a deck level (10) comprising essentially prism-... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6808479 | Thick media folding method A system for folding sheet material, including a fold blade, two fold rollers biased away from each other, an adjusting member which alters a distance between the two fold rollers, and first drive means for moving at least one of the fold blade and the two fold roll... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6758802 | Automated shelf management system and process for tracking and purging file folders in a file storage facility An automated system and process for managing paper files, particularly medical records contained in file folders and the like, in a file storage system having a predetermined size or limited expansion capacity. A shelf manager system includes a computer program and ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6726616 | Two-part cylinder for a folder in a rotary printing machine The cylinder includes first and second cylinder parts which are designed to be rotatable in relation to one another in the circumferential direction and are fitted with respective first and second operating elements for acting on a foldable product. The first cylind... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6712749 | Folder A longitudinal folding device includes formers for longitudinally forming and folding paper webs having different widths. Each former, together with its folding rollers, hopper roller and longitudinal cutting device is supported in a frame such that the former can b... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6709376 | Jaw cylinder in jaw folder A jaw cylinder in a jaw folder is provided. A first base (1) includes a stationary member (11) in a jaw mechanism. A second base (2) includes a swing member (21) having a jaw portion accessible to the jaw portion of the stationary member ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6635005 | Copy-guiding device having a variable geometry A guiding device for copies in a folder of a rotary printing machine includes a guiding material engageable with copies projecting into an outlet wedge formed between copy-guiding cylinders, the guiding material forming a surface of the guiding device fac... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6635006 | Adjustable buckle chute folding machine A buckle chute having a stop to cause a sheet of document entering the buckle chute to buckle for making a folded edge. The ends of stop are threadably engaged with two lead screws, which are mechanically linked together by a chain, so that the lead screw... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6606944 | Device and method for determining a signature lap A folder system includes an adjustable-lap folder for folding signatures so-as to define folded signatures, an optical sensor for measuring a presence of the fold&ed signatures, and a controller connected to the rotary blade folder and the optical sensor ... | 08/19/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6585631 | Hanging file folder assembly apparatus and method An apparatus for assembling a hanging file folder and method is provided. A folder blank is received at a crimping station whereat a pair of prefabricated suspension rails are each dispensed from a respective hopper to folder a blank. Each one of the pair... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6582348 | Machine for the creasing, perforation or circular cutting of paper and the like A machine is provided for the creasing, perforation or circular cutting of a material in the form of sheets such as paper, plastic and the like. The machine includes a bed, a horizontal loading plane (11) that is intended to accommodate at least one stack... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6514188 | Folding jaws cylinder A folding jaw cylinder utilizes folding jaw pairs that automatically adjust the folding gap between the two jaws in each pair in response to the thickness of the folded product. A dual working chamber piston-cylinder unit is placed between first and secon... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6457300 | Plastic film guiding device of packaging machine The present invention proposes a plastic film guiding device of a packaging machine, which comprises a frame, a screw rod, a walking block, a positioning rod, a pair of slanting rods, and a pair of slide bodies. The plastic film guiding device of the pres... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6358192 | Device for adjusting folding jaws The clearance or gap between cooperating pairs of folding jaws in a folding jaw system is adjustable by using a roller and a control cam. The control cam has an axial width that is several times greater than the roller track. The control cam is inclined a... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6331154 | Pin action timing adjustment device in folding cylinder and folding device In a pin action timing adjustment device of a folding device wherein a change-over between straight run and collect run is performed in one operation for a folding blade action and a pin action, to make it very easy to adjust a timing with which pins fall... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6283906 | Folding jaws cylinder A folding jaw cylinder utilizes folding jaw pairs that automatically adjust the folding gap between the two jaws in each pair in response to the thickness of the folded product. A dual working chamber piston-cylinder unit is placed between first and secon... | 09/04/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6280372 | Process and apparatus for preparing packaging material for the production of (cigarette) packs Process and apparatus for folding or shaping a continuous material web (10) made of thin packaging material. In this case, the material web (10) is directed through a shaping subassembly (27) which uses fixed shaping elements, namely shaping webs (46, 47 ... | 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 |
| 6228013 | Folding machine In a folding machine with at least two sequentially arranged folding stations rotated by 90° relative to each other, wherein a corner conveyor table is provided between the respective two sequentially arranged folding stations, and exhibits at least one ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6224530 | Buckle folding mechanism with two or three folding pockets A buckle folder machine includes two or three folder pockets and several folding rollers mounted in a folding block which can be detached from the machine frame. The sheets are fed to the folding block via transport devices along an input plane in the dir... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6098372 | Packaging machine with movable members Apparatus, in particular packaging machine, with movable members which are exposed to wearing stresses on one side. Primarily packaging machines for the manufacture of cigarette packs (10) of the soft-cup type employ folding mandrels (15), on which blanks (14)... | 08/08/2000 |
