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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:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2006
Applicant:
Edward R. Ochsenbauer, Ashland, WI (US);
Inventor:
Edward R. Ochsenbauer, Ashland, WI (US);
Assignee:
C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Company, Ashland, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In some embodiments of the present invention, a method and apparatus for folding sheets are disclosed in which single transverse folds are created by vacuum rolls in one operational mode and double transverse folds are created by vacuum rolls in another operational mode. The folder can have a low profile in which the axes of various elements and assemblies in the folder are located within height ranges relative to the height of a folding roll axis in the folder.