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US 2012/0058875 A1Published application
Quarter folder apparatus
OwnerGeorge Lovaghy, John Lovaghyinventors
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Abstract
A quarter folder for signatures which has a deflector or guide means to maintain a side of the signatures in an arcuate configuration.
Claims4
A quarter folder comprising:
- an input conveyer for receiving a shingled stream of signatures;
- means for aligning said shingled stream of signatures;
- means for folding said shingled stream of signatures to form a folded stream of shingled signatures;
- means for singulating said folded stream of signatures into shingled individual folded signatures, and means for reshingling said individual folded signatures into a shingled stream, said means for reshingling said individual folded signatures including a member arranged to maintain a side of each signature in a curved configuration when being transferred to said means for reshingling.
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An improved method of transferring signatures from a high speed section of a folding apparatus to a shingled arrangement, the method comprising the step of pulling a single one of said signatures from said high speed section wherein said signatures are overlapped while maintaining a side of said signature in a curved configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.