Sheet folder
AssigneeNeopost Technologies
InventorsDamon Peter SMITH, Paul Francis HITCHINGS, David John BARRETT
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Abstract
A sheet folder comprising input rollers, exit rollers and a fold box having a fold plate which is curved substantially along its whole length, wherein the curved fold plate is configured to induce a sheet to curve in two different directions during the folding process.
Claims11
A sheet folder comprising input rollers, exit rollers and a fold box comprising an inner and an outer fold plate which are each curved substantially along their whole length, wherein the outer curved fold plate comprises adjacent portions which curve in opposite directions to induce a sheet to curve in two opposite directions during the folding process.
A sheet folder comprising:
- a first curved fold box for making a first fold in a sheet;
- a second curved fold box for making a second fold in the sheet;
- wherein the second fold box is adapted to induce an “S” shaped curve in the sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.