Folder for sheet paper such as letter-mail, fliers and the like
US5487718A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 25, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jan 30, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 25, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H45/14
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A housing, having therein only one, driven, rotatable drum, receives sheet paper for in-folding or Z-folding, selectively. Abutments, within the housing, delimit travel of the leading edge of the paper, causing the paper to buckle, there behind, and form a nip or fold; the latter is directed between the drum and a guide to one of the abutments, causing the paper to fold again. Then the fully folded paper is discharged from the housing. One of the abutments is retractable, to accommodate a Z-fold, or extendable to enable an in-fold.
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