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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 1977
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
M James Marin, South Norwalk, CT (US);
Ferris Gene Keyt, Trumbull, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pitney-Bowes, Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
270 86 ; 270 94 ;
Abstract
A system for progressively folding a sheet as it continuously moves along a feed path from a printer to an envelope inserting station; said system including an arrangement for initially forming longitudinal score lines on a sheet and for then progressively laterally bending and creasing the sheet along said score lines to as to form a folded sheet having a plurality of mutually overlying panels. The scoring and lateral bending operations take place in a progressive manner as the sheet continuously moves along its substantially linear feed path.