Fold plate for inline folder/gluer machines

In an apparatus with an inline folder/gluer machine for forming a folded product from a prescored card stock blank, which blank has at least one score line which divides it into a plurality of panels, which include at least a main panel and an end panel, which machine includes:

• a gluing section, a forming section and a delivery section, said forming section includes an endless conveyor belt to receive and transport blanks to be folded, deflector means to cause a portion of said blank to be deflected upwardly, top drive wheel means to contact said blank, said gluing section having glue dispensing means to dispense measured amounts of glue onto said blank, and said delivery section having conveyor belt means to receive finished folded products, and transport them for packaging and shipping, the improvement which comprises
• fold plate means to cooperate with said conveyor belt and said deflector means to cause said end panels to be folded down onto said main panels,
• said fold plate means including
• a vertically adjustable fold plate mounted to bracket means carried on said machine,
• vertically adjustable stop plate means carried on said plate, and
• roller assembly means carried on the bottom of said fold plate means to contact said end panel of said blank and cause it to fold down about said score line onto said main panel as said blank is urged by said conveyor belt under said fold plate.