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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2000
Warren S. Funk, Ottsville, PA (US);
Phillip L. Henderson, Doylestown, PA (US);
Christopher K. Cleal, Ivyland, PA (US);
Printfold Co., Inc., Doylestown, PA (US);
Abstract
A packet ironing system for documents fan-folded into a packet which includes a conveyer path bounded laterally by an ironing plate on one side and an opposite-facing backing plate on the other side, defining a conveyance gap therebetween. The leading end of the ironing plate is rotatable about a vertical axis hinge. An actuator for moving the ironing plate about a point of rotation defined by the hinge alters the gap between the ironing plate and the backing plate. Control means which includes a sensor located downstream of infeed rollers signals the actuator to forceably move the ironing plate against the fan-fold document as the document is pulled through the conveyance gap by the infeed rollers.