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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:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin Lauren Cote, Durham, NH (US);
Richard Daniel Curley, Dover, NH (US);
James Richard Belanger, Dover, NH (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D 1/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention generally relates to transporting signatures within a folding apparatus. Exemplary embodiments include at least one pair of cooperating cutting cylinders, each having at least one of a knife and an anvil. A conveying plane extends in substantially vertical direction. A right and a left conveyor assembly are assigned to the conveying plane. The cooperating cutting cylinders are integrated into the paths of conveying elements of the left and right conveyor assemblies, seizing a web of material prior to a cutting operation.