Variable cutoff folding device and printer comprising variable cutoff folding device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho
InventorMutsuhito Yoneta
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Abstract
A variable cutoff folding device 1 comprising a folding cylinder 40 and a jaw cylinder 50, the folding cylinder 40 comprising: a paper edge holding mechanism 41 configured capable of holding a front edge portion in a conveying direction of an individual sheet FP and capable of changing a timing for releasing holding of the individual sheet FP based on a length in the conveying direction of the individual sheet FP; and a thrust blade mechanism 43 configured capable of thrusting the individual sheet FP to an outer side in a radial direction of the folding cylinder and capable of changing a position in a circumferential direction in the folding cylinder 40 based on the length in the conveying direction of the individual sheet FP.
Claims6
A variable cutoff folding device, comprising:
- a folding cylinder for sequentially receiving an individual sheet conveyed from an upstream side;
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- a jaw cylinder for receiving the individual sheet from the folding cylinder and carrying the individual sheet to a downstream side,
- the folding cylinder comprising:
- a paper edge holding mechanism configured capable of holding a front edge portion in a conveying direction of the individual sheet and capable of changing a timing for releasing holding of the individual sheet based on a length in the conveying direction of the individual sheet;
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- a thrust blade mechanism configured capable of thrusting the individual sheet to an outer side in a radial direction of the folding cylinder and capable of changing a position in a circumferential direction in the folding cylinder based on the length in the conveying direction of the individual sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.