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US 5,180,151 AGranted
Grooved paper folding rollers
AssigneePitney Bowes Inc.
InventorsGeorge N. Branecky, John F. Pezzuti
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Abstract
A buckle chute folder for folding one or more sheets of paper, including a buckle chute and a pair of folding rollers situated downstream of the buckle chute. Each of the folding rollers has a plurality of circumferential grooves extending perpendicular to the axis of the roller, and the grooves of one roller are offset with respect to the grooves of the other roller.
Claims6
A buckle chute folder for folding one or more sheets of paper, comprising:
- a buckle chute;
- and
- a pair of folding rollers situated downstream of said buckle chute, each of said folding rollers having a plurality of circumferential grooves extending perpendicular to the axis of said roller, and wherein the grooves of one roller are offset with respect to the grooves of the other roller.
A buckle chute folder for folding one or more sheets of paper, comprising:
- a buckle chute;
- a pair of folding rollers situated downstream of said buckle chute, each of said folding rollers having a resilient outer surface with a plurality of individual circumferential grooves, wherein each of said grooves are situated perpendicular to the axis of said roller, and the distance between adjacent ones of said grooves are equal, and wherein the grooves of one roller are offset with respect to the grooves of the other roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.