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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
May. 14, 2003
Alain Blanchard, Gouvieux, FR;
Jean-francois Robert, Creil, FR;
Alain Blanchard, Gouvieux, FR;
Jean-Francois Robert, Creil, FR;
Goss International Americas, Inc., Dover, NH (US);
Abstract
A folding apparatus () in a web-fed rotary printing press for folding signatures () which are cut off from a running web of material () by a cutting device () and carried on a signature transport surface () of a folding blade cylinder with the aid of at least one rotating band-shaped conveying element () has the feature that the cutting device () includes a cutting blade () arranged on the folding blade cylinder () as well as a rotating anvil element () which interacts with the cutting blade; the band-shaped conveying element () being passed around the rotating anvil element () in such a manner that the band-shaped conveying element acts as a supporting element for the cutting blade () during the cutting of the signatures ().