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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
May. 14, 2003
Tadeusz Staniszewski, Hackettstown, NJ (US);
Shap Inc., Hackettstown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A paper folder including an input drive roller arrangement having an input drive roller with a circumferential gap, and an idler roller forming an input nip with the input drive roller for advancing a paper sheet into a housing; a flexible stripper pad of high friction material positioned at the circumferential gap; a fixed guide which guides the sheet into a loop turning back upon itself such that a leading edge of the sheet impinges upon a transverse line in a trailing portion of the sheet; an output roller arrangement in the housing which forms a folding nip extending along and adjacent to the transverse line; a second drive arrangement in the housing in front of the transverse line for positively driving the leading edge to impinge upon the transverse line; and a stocker mounted on the housing for stocking a plurality of fully folded paper-like sheets.