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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2011
Applicant:
David Clarke Pollock, Somersworth, NH (US);
Inventor:
David Clarke Pollock, Somersworth, NH (US);
Assignee:
Goss International Americas, Inc., Durham, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for folding signatures is provided. The method includes the steps of forcing a trail edge of a first signature away from a folding cylinder using a signature support, tucking a second signature held by a gripper using a tucker at a first fold location and performing a mode change to tuck a further signature at a second fold location different from the first fold location, the mode change including moving the gripper and the signature support automatically with respect to the tucker. A signature support is also provided.