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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:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2002
Applicant:
Peter Merkli, Oftringen, CH;
Inventor:
Peter Merkli, Oftringen, CH;
Assignee:
GRAPHA-Holding AG, Hergiswil, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A folding device for signatures includes a saddle-shaped folding sword having an upright folding edge and an inside guide element below the upright folding edge on which the signatures are folded while passing through the folding device. An outside folding element follows and operates jointly with the inside guide element for folding the signatures.