Folding device for printing presses or folders

US7513859B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Maitland Company, LLC · DE

Inventors

• Frank Schmieder · Plauen, DE
• Stefan Uhlemann · Munich, DE
• Ralf Werner · Hilden, DE
• M. Mario Winkler · Plauen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 2005
• Grant date: Apr 7, 2009
• Expiry date: May 12, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H29/12
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a folding device for printing presses or folders which does not require pressure brushes for fixing the printed product on surface inlet and outlet sections folding table. The folding device (11) which includes a folding table (4), at least one stop (8) associate with the folding table (4), a plurality of transfer belts (5) for engaging and transferring printed products (3) onto said folding table to said at least one stop, a pair of rotatably driven folding rolls (7), a folding blade (2) moveable relative to the folding table (4). The transport belts (5) can be set against inlet and/or outlet sections (9, 10) of the folding table (4) forming full-area contact in order to fix the printed product (3) in position for folding, and the inlet and/or outlet sections (9, 10) are situated just in front of and just behind the printed product (3).