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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2001
Ingermar S. d'Agrella, Sussex, WI (US);
Eric L. Kuhne, Big Bend, WI (US);
Gary J. Laatsch, Germantown, WI (US);
John M. Neary, Hartland, WI (US);
Karl P. Schaefer, Brookfield, WI (US);
Quad/Tech, Inc., Sussex, WI (US);
Abstract
A signature slow-down section in a folder of a printing press for slowing down signatures is provided. The folder is driven by a folder drive mechanism and the signature slow-down section includes a frame, a slow-down mechanism supported by the frame, and a motor connected to the slow-down mechanism for rotatably driving the slow-down mechanism separately from the folder drive mechanism. The motor is selectively operable to drive the slow-down mechanism at a speed in response to the position of the signatures relative to the slow-down mechanism.