| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 270037000 |
Stapling or stitching
| 51 |
| 270045000 |
Sheet associating
| 29 |
| 270390010 |
Zigzag package | 5 |
| 20090289407 | MULTI-FOLD INTERFOLDING MACHINE STRUCTURE - Interfolding machine of sheet material for making a stack of interfolded sheets ( | 11-26-2009 |
| 20110068527 | WEB PRODUCT FOLDING AND STACKING MACHINE, AND WEB PRODUCT FOLDING AND STACKING METHOD USING THE MACHINE - A web product folding and stacking machine includes two folding line making rolls, two folding fingers, a first carrier unit, a stoppage unit and a holder. The folding line making rolls and the folding fingers are operated to fold up web products on a pad on the first carrier unit to form a stack of interfolded web products. When a stack of a predetermined number of interfolded web products is finished, the stoppage unit is extended out to have the finished stack of interfolded web products be carried with the holder and the stoppage unit to a predetermined location for delivery. Subject to the effect of the pad on the first carrier unit, web products are effectively folded up and stacked in a neat status. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20160090263 | Interfolder and Separator Arrangement and Methods of Separating a Stack of Sheets From a Continuously Building Stream of Sheets - Methods and apparatuses for separating streams of interfolded sheets into individual stacks of sheets are provided. Separation of the stacks is provided by a plurality of fingers mounted to carriages that are moved into and out of openings the stream of interfolded sheets. The openings may be formed without using the force of gravity. Further, the fingers may be inserted into the openings with a motion that has a larger component in a direction parallel to the stream of interfolded sheets than in a direction perpendicular to the stream of interfolded sheets. Further, the components that separate the stacks also may transport the stacks and directly transfer the stacks to downstream components. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20110101592 | STACK OF SHEETS AND SHEET CONTAINER - A representative stack of sheets including sheet bodies each of which is formed by folding a sheet and has a plurality of pieces between both ends of the sheet body. The sheet bodies are stacked one on another in such a manner that one of the plurality of pieces of each of the sheet bodies on one side in a stacking direction and another piece on the other side are inserted between pieces of an adjacent sheet body on one side in the stacking direction with respect to the sheet body and between pieces of an adjacent sheet body on the other side in the stacking direction, respectively, wherein an auxiliary piece is formed by folding an end of the piece of the sheet body. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20120306141 | Z-FOLD SIGNATURE MEDIA - Signature prints are provided. In one aspect a signature print comprises a receiver medium having a length that extends from a first edge to a second edge to provide a row of page areas along a first side and a second side of the signature print, with the receiver medium being predisposed in a manner that causes the receiver medium to z-fold of across a width of the receiver medium to form a z-folded stack of sheets of portions of the length of the receiver medium and with the z-folds being arranged along the length such that the sheets generally decrease in length. The lengths of the sheets are defined so that when the z-folded stack is saddle folded the z-folds are positioned along a common face to form a determined profile. | 12-06-2012 |
| 270041000 |
Longitudinal web folding | 2 |
| 20090014938 | FAN DELIVERY FOR A FOLDING APPARATUS - A fan delivery for a folding apparatus is provided, having at least one fan wheel including a number of fan-wheel elements and having a signature guide member that is movable relative to the fan wheel, in which the signature guide member has at least one arm that is introducible into a space defined by two fan-wheel elements. A folding apparatus is also provided. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090295058 | SPLITTING DEVICE - A device for distributing successive products of a product flow, particularly the successive folding products produced by a cross cutting device by dividing a material web, to two branch flows, with a wedge arrangement which is arranged in a stationary manner in the transporting plane of the product flow and which engages between two cam rollers which flank it and which are arranged symmetrically with respect to the center working plane. The device is characterized in that the wedge arrangement engages between two guide plates which flank it and which, together with the wedge arrangement, define a path fork. The guide plates have slots through which they are alternately penetrated by cams of the respective adjacent cam roller which are associated with the slots, so that the penetrating cams and the guide plate which is not penetrated form a feed for a belt guide associated with a branch flow. | 12-03-2009 |
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| 20090085271 | Bookmaking apparatus - A bookmaking apparatus includes: a first path for horizontally conveying a sheet bundle; a second path for vertically conveying a cover sheet; a joining stage for joining the cover sheet and sheet bundle; a gripping conveyance device at an upstream side of the joining stage for gripping and conveying the sheet bundle along the first path; and a folding conveyance device arranged at a downstream side of the joining stage for folding and conveying out the cover sheet and sheet bundle. The gripping conveyance device includes opening and closing clamping members for gripping the sheet bundle and clamping control device for opening and closing the clamping members. The clamping control device operates to vary a gripping position of the sheet bundle by the clamping members when joining the sheet bundle to the cover sheet at the joining stage and when conveying the joined sheet bundle to the folding conveyance device. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090121407 | POSTPROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A postprocessing unit of a postprocessing device performs a postprocess including a preset folding process at a set folding position, with respect to recording sheets. A setting unit of the postprocessing device sets an adjustment amount of the folding position on the basis of a target value of the folding position, a measured value of the folding position after the folding process, and sheet quality information of the recording sheets. An adjusting unit of the postprocessing device adjusts the folding position of the postprocessing unit on the basis of the adjustment amount set by the setting unit. An adjustment control unit of the postprocessing device controls the adjustment by the adjusting unit on the basis of the adjustment amount set by the setting unit. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20100201057 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND FOLDING MODULE - A printing system includes a media storage module, a printing station for processing a portion of the receiving media, a receiving station for receiving the processed media, and a base member for supporting the printing system on a support surface. A receiving device is configured to receive a folding module for folding the processed receiving media. The receiving device is positioned substantially in a volume extending from the area defined by the cumulative normal projection of the media storage module and the printing station on the support surface, the volume extending perpendicular to the support surface in the direction of the printing station. A guiding device is configured to guide the processed media to one of the receiving station and the folding module. A method of modifying the printing system includes removing a media storage module to create a vacancy and inserting a folding module into the vacancy. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20110031673 | SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS AND SHEET FINISHING METHOD - A sheet finishing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a main body to fold a sheet bundle and to form a booklet, a base plate which is inclined downward and extends from a side wall of the main body and stacks plural booklets successively discharged from an outlet provided in the side wall, an upper arm which is provided above the base plate and substantially in parallel to a stacking surface of the base plate and a base end of which is rotatably supported at an upper part of the outlet of the side wall, a fore arm which extends from a front end of the upper arm to the stacking surface to be substantially perpendicular to the base plate and receives a leading edge of the booklet stacked on the base plate, and an alignment roller which is provided at the front end of the upper arm, presses an upper surface of the booklet stacked on the base plate and rotates in a direction of urging the booklet to the fore arm. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110037215 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A sheet processing apparatus staples a bundle of sheets, folds the sheets into two to make a book, and presses the folded sheets. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110148023 | POST-PROCESSING DEVICE - A post-processing device includes a pair of rollers, each arranged such that an axis direction thereof is perpendicular to a transport direction of recording sheets, that forms a fold in the axis direction at a predetermined portion of both surfaces of each recording sheet, a first plate-like member, arranged opposite the pair of rollers, that moves between a feeding position allowing the predetermined portion of each recording sheet to be pinched with a nip portion of the pair of rollers and a standby position being distant from the nip portion, a transport processing unit that causes the recording sheets to be sequentially transported such that the predetermined portion of each recording sheet intervenes between the first plate-like member and the pair of rollers and to be folded by the pair of rollers, and a post-processing unit bundles the recording sheets on each of which the fold has been formed. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110198794 | SHEET FINISHER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND SHEET FINISHING METHOD - A sheet finisher of the invention includes a saddle-stitching unit to stitch a center of a sheet bundle, a folding unit to fold the center and to form a fold, a first and a second rollers that move along a direction of the fold while nipping and pressing the fold of the sheet bundle and reinforce the fold, and a drive section to move the first and the second rollers along the fold from a standby position apart from an edge of the sheet bundle, and the first and the second rollers are separate from each other in a thickness direction of the sheet bundle at the standby position, and after the first and the second rollers reach to a position where they pass the edge of the sheet bundle of a processable maximum size, they come close to each other in the thickness direction and nip the fold. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110221115 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet processing apparatus includes a folding roller pair, a sheet pushing member, and a detection unit. The folding roller pair folds a sheet or a sheet bundle by a nip portion. The sheet pushing member results in a tip pushing a portion between two ends of the sheet or sheet bundle into the nip portion and then performs a tip returning operation. The detection unit detects whether the tip reaches a predetermined position within a predetermined time. When the tip does not reach the predetermined position within the predetermined time, the sheet pushing member retries the pushing operation after performing the returning operation. When the tip reaches the predetermined position within the predetermined time, the sheet pushing member stops the pushing operation and controls rotation driving of the folding roller pair such that the folding roller pair starts to convey the sheet or sheet bundle. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20120013063 | FOLDING MACHINE - Signatures of various paper types can be discharged and guided properly to impellers by providing a pair of discharging rollers | 01-19-2012 |
| 20130038012 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet processing apparatus | 02-14-2013 |
