Folder having a cylinder with retractable grippers and a cooperating cylinder with retractable copy guiding devices
US6159138A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 27, 1999 |
| Grant date | Dec 12, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H45/165
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A folder for a rotary printing press, having at least one copy-guiding cylinder and, on the one copy-guiding cylinder, gripping devices for gripping one end of a copy, includes a cutting cylinder cooperating with the one copy-guiding cylinder, and copy-guiding devices provided on the cutting cylinder, the gripping devices of the one copy-guiding cylinder and the copy-guiding devices of the cutting cylinder being retractably and extensibly movable substantially parallel to normals to axes of rotation of the one copy-guiding cylinder and the cutting cylinder; and a method of operating the folder.
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