Knife folder

US6074332A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Bowe Systec GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Maximilian Helmstadter · Villingen-Schwenningen, DE
• Karlheinz Weinmann · Deggendorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 27, 1998
• Grant date: Jun 13, 2000
• Expiry date: Apr 27, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H45/18
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A knife folder for folding a sheet material comprises a sheet-material feeder for feeding the sheet material in a first direction, a folder for folding said sheet material, and a sheet-material conveyer used for conveying the sheet material and comprising at least one pair of rotating conveying components whose axes of rotation are arranged in a second direction substantially at right angles to the first direction. The folder pushes the folded sheet material between the conveying components of the at least one pair of conveying components when it is at its folding position. The sheet material is advanced up to a stop. The folder comprises a knife extending in a third direction substantially at right angles to said first and said second direction. The sheet material can be conveyed in the third direction by actuating the conveying components.