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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
May. 12, 2009
Shinya Matsuyama, Noda, JP;
Akira Ishikawa, Noda, JP;
Shinya Matsuyama, Noda, JP;
Akira Ishikawa, Noda, JP;
Komori Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A folding machine includes: pairs of upper and lower downstream-side conveying belts (B), the pairs being provided at intervals in a direction perpendicular to a conveying direction of a signature (Wb) and conveying the signature while holding the signature therebetween; stoppers () provided between the downstream-side conveying belts and stopping the signature conveyed by the downstream-side conveying belts by contacting therewith; and a chopper blade () folding the signature stopped by the stoppers () in a direction parallel to the conveying direction. In the folding machine, a pair of right and left cameras (A andB) are provided, which take images respectively of ranges where a conveying direction leading edge of one side edge and a conveying direction leading edge of the other side edge, the side edges being parallel to the conveying direction of the sheet, are decelerated or stopped by contacting with the stoppers ().