Folder for selectively producing once or twice cross-folded products

A folder for selectively producing once or twice cross-folded product, comprising:

• a jaw cylinder having a first perimeter with at least two folding jaws arranged thereon with a perimeter spacing that corresponds to the spacing between the first and the second cross-folds of the product;
• a gripper/folding knife cylinder having a second perimeter arranged adjacent to the jaw cylinder so as to define a runout gap between the first and second perimeters;
• a tongue member configured to guide a sheet in the runout gap, the tongue member having a guide area approximately concentric relative to the jaw cylinder such that the guide area is complementary to the first perimeter of the jaw cylinder when the tongue member is positioned in the runout gap;
• a tongue bar arranged behind the tongue member and having a guide surface approximately concentric relative to the gripper/folding knife cylinder such that the guide surface is complementary to the second perimeter of the gripper/folding knife cylinder;
• means for moving the tongue member into and out of the runout gap such that when the tongue member is positioned in the runout gap a product is directed between the jaw cylinder first perimeter and said tongue member guide area of the tongue member for the production of products with one cross-fold and
• when the tongue is out of the runout gap a product is directed between said gripper/folding knife cylinder and said tongue bar guide surface for the production of products with two cross-folds;
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• a guide device having a substantially arc-shaped contour directed toward the runout gap and arranged behind the tongue member so that when the moving means moves the tongue member out of the runout gap the guide device faces the runout gap to guide a product for the production of products with two cross-folds.