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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2003
Ingermar S. D'agrella, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Dennis Sopik, New Berlin, WI (US);
Richard J. Fox, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Jeffrey Karch, West Bend, WI (US);
Ingermar S. d'Agrella, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Dennis Sopik, New Berlin, WI (US);
Richard J. Fox, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Jeffrey Karch, West Bend, WI (US);
Quad/Tech, Inc., Sussex, WI (US);
Abstract
A folder operable to cut a printed web received from a printing press. The folder includes a cutting section having cutting cylinders that cut the web into individual printed products, and a cutting motor that is operable to drive the cutting cylinders. A delivery assembly of the folder includes delivery belts that are operable to guide the individual printed products through the folder, and at least one delivery motor is operable to drive the delivery belts. The folder also includes a diverting assembly that diverts individual printed products to one of a plurality of collation paths, and a diverting motor that is operable to drive the diverting assembly. The cutting motor, the delivery motor, and the diverting motor are operable independently of one another.