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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1997
Kevin Francis Albert, Barrington, NH (US);
Richard Edward Breton, Rochester, NH (US);
Richard Lee McKrell, Rye, NH (US);
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Heidelberg Harris, Inc., Dover, NH (US);
Abstract
A superstructure of a folding apparatus for feeding at least two webs of flat material to a cylinder unit of the folding apparatus. The superstructure including at least two take-off roller assemblies, each take-off roller assembly including a corresponding take-off roller rotatably mounted on the superstructure. At least one mantling is provided for mounting on an outer surface of each take-off roller in order to adjust a diameter of the corresponding take-off roller assembly. A drive assembly is provided for driving the at least two take-off roller assemblies, each of the at least two take-off roller assemblies having a respective circumferential velocity which is a function of the adjusted diameter of the take-off roller assembly.