Patent · US Expired

Sheet processing apparatus

US4524557A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 9, 1984
Grant dateJun 25, 1985
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Expiry dateJan 9, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB43M3/04
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Sheet processing apparatus including a bursting machine for feeding and bursting a continuous web along perforation lines, a folding machine for folding the sheets from the bursting machine and an inserting machine for inserting the folded sheets into an envelope, and [i] a device for removably connecting the bursting machine to the folding machine, [ii] a device for removably connecting the folding machine to the inserting machine and [iii] a device for removably connecting the bursting machine directly to the inserting machine in the absence of the folding machine; controls operatively interconnected between the inserting machine and the folding machine for controlling the sequential operation of the folding machine with the cyclical operation of the inserting machine so that the folding machine operates on demand from the inserting machine; controls operatively interconnected between the folding machine and the bursting machine for controlling the sequential operation of the bursting machine in timed relationship with the cyclical operation of the folding machine so that the bursting machine operates on demand from the folding machine; controls operatively interconnected between…

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