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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:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2001
Applicants:
Steven W. Trovinger, Los Altos, CA (US);
Ross R. Allen, Belmont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Steven W. Trovinger, Los Altos, CA (US);
Ross R. Allen, Belmont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31F001/00 ; B31B001/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for folding sheet material, including a fold blade, two fold rollers, a pinch foot for clamping against the fold blade, and drive means for moving at least one of the fold blade and the fold rollers into operable communication with one another, where each of the fold rollers rotates about an axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the fold blade.