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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Barry Mark Jackson, York, ME (US);
Joseph Adrian St. Ours, Lee, NH (US);
Assignee:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31F 1/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B31F 1/10 ;
Abstract
The present invention is related to a device for continuous folding of flat material ( ) such as signatures ( ) being printed upon on a rotary printing press on one or both sides thereof. Said device according to the present invention includes a driven rotating body ( ) such as a cylinder, arranged perpendicular to the conveying direction ( ) of flat material ( ), such as signatures. Said cylinder ( ) rotates about its respective rotation axis ( ), having surface sections ( ), respectively, assigned to its respective circumference, tapering towards each other upon revolution of the respective cylinder ( ).