B65H 45/147
Folding rollers therefor
Official title: {folding rollers therefor}
B65H45/147 (Folding rollers therefor) appears on 61 US grants and 34 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
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- 116
- Latest grant
- 29 Jul 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Sheet folder, image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet folder, and image forming system incorporating the sheet folder29 Jul 2025US 12,371,298 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Folding machine comprising a blade folder, and method for folding folded products by means of a blade folder1 Apr 2025US 12,264,033 B2H+H GmbH & Co. KG
- Postprocessing device that matches moving speed of tip portion of folding blade with moving speed of circumferential surface of pair of folding rollers, at predetermined timing24 Sep 2024US 12,098,052 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Folding apparatus and image forming system incorporating same1 Nov 2022US 11,485,602 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Sheet folding apparatus and image forming system incorporating same24 Aug 2021US 11,097,920 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Method and machine for folding sheets3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257880 A1G. D S.p.A.
- Enclosing device, enclosing-and-sealing apparatus, and image forming system17 Apr 2025US 2025/0121626 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Sheet folder, image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet folder, and image forming system incorporating the sheet folder25 Jul 2024US 2024/0246787 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- "A Roller Folder"29 Feb 2024US 2024/0067490 A1
- Postprocessing device that matches moving speed of tip portion of folding blade with moving speed of circumferential surface of pair of folding rollers, at predetermined timing24 Aug 2023US 2023/0264921 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Paper-folding machine with adjustable folding rollers48US 5,242,364 AMathias Bauerle GmbH · 1993
- Automatically continuously variable fold position sheet folding system with automatic length and skew correction37US 6,024,682 AXerox Corporation · 2000
- Machine for folding flexible sheets33US 3,975,009 A1976
- Folding machine33US 4,225,128 AGeneral Binding Corporation · 1980
- Buckle folding machine with adjustable folding gap widths31US 6,475,129 B1Mathias Bauerle GmbH · 2002