Patent · US Expired

Fold-off guiding method and device for a folding apparatus

US5807227A · kind A · utility

11Cited by
17References
20Claims
0Family size

Assignees

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateAug 11, 1997
Grant dateSep 15, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 11, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2404/561
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a folder apparatus including a first cylinder for transporting a product and a folding cylinder rotatably engaged with the first cylinder at a nip. A product guiding device is assigned to a transition area between surfaces of the first cylinder and the folding cylinder, the guiding device having a smoothing element which includes different sections of product contacting elements being angled in opposite directions.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.