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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2004
Applicants:
Barry Mark Jackson, York, ME (US);
Joseph Adrian St. Ours, Lee, NH (US);
Inventors:
Barry Mark Jackson, York, ME (US);
Joseph Adrian St. Ours, Lee, NH (US);
Assignee:
Goss International Americas, Inc., Dover, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31F 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A folder includes a first cylinder having at least one first gripper for holding signatures and at least one tucker for tucking the signatures to define a first fold, a second cylinder having at least one first jaw for holding the signatures at the first fold, a first motor driving the at least one first gripper, and a second motor separate from the first motor, the second motor driving the at least one tucker of the first cylinder and the at least one first jaw of the second cylinder.