Title:
FOLDING DEVICE AND METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2016150852
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently fold a sheet or a sheet stack.SOLUTION: A device for folding a sheet or a sheet stack 4 includes at least two folding/transfer rollers 1, a transfer device, and a cutter 2. The transfer device defines a transfer plane E for the sheet or the sheet stack fed in a transferring direction R, the cutter 2 is movable substantially vertically to or through the transfer plane E, the folding/transfer rollers are arranged to face both sides of the cutter above the transfer plane E, the rotary axis A of the folding/transfer roller extends substantially vertically to the transfer plane E, the ends of at least the two folding/transfer rollers have chamfered parts, and the sheet or the sheet stack can be inserted into a narrow gap between at least the two folding/transfer rollers by the cutter so as to be folded therein and simultaneously discharged in the transferring direction R.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2b
Inventors:
GRABER KURT
FRIEDRICH FAULHABER
FRIEDRICH FAULHABER
Application Number:
JP2016028799A
Publication Date:
August 22, 2016
Filing Date:
February 18, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HUNKELER AG
International Classes:
B65H45/18; B65H37/06
Domestic Patent References:
| JPH11506719A | 1999-06-15 | |||
| JPS63169567U | 1988-11-04 | |||
| JPS55164259U | 1980-11-26 | |||
| JP2002193545A | 2002-07-10 |
Foreign References:
| US20080175691A1 | 2008-07-24 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Atsushi Aoki
Tetsuro Shimada
Shinji Mitsuhashi
Yasushi Ohashi
Kentaro Ito
Kazuo Maejima
Tetsuro Shimada
Shinji Mitsuhashi
Yasushi Ohashi
Kentaro Ito
Kazuo Maejima