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US 8,556,791 B2Granted
Folder with signature removal and slowdown process
AssigneeGoss International Americas, Inc.
InventorsDave Elliott Whitten, John Lee Ketchum
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Abstract
A folder includes a cylinder having a first gripping device receiving a folded edge of a signature and rotating the signature at a first surface speed. A conveyor presses the signature against the outer surface and the conveyor contacts the signatures at a second surface speed slower than the first surface speed. The present invention also provides a method for removing signatures from a cylinder.
Claims7
A method for removing signatures from a cylinder comprising the steps of:
- transporting the signatures around a cylinder at a first surface speed, the signatures being gripped at a folded edge by a gripping device;
- pressing the signatures at a first location with a first conveyor against the cylinder, the first conveyor at the first location moving at a second surface speed lower than the first surface speed;
- releasing the signatures from the gripping device;
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- further transporting the signatures.
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