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US 7,458,926 B2Granted
Quarter folder apparatus
OwnerGeorge Lovaghyinventor
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Abstract
A quarter folder comprising an input conveyer for receiving a shingled stream of half folded signatures, an aligning section for aligning the signatures, a folding section for folding the shingled stream to thereby form a quarter folded shingled stream, a singulating section to separate the shingled signatures into individual folded signatures and a re-shingling section. The quarter folder of the present invention can operate at a high speed and receive copies directly from a press.
Claims17
A folder comprising:
- an input conveyor 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;
- means for re-shingling said individual folded signatures into a shingled stream.
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