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US 7,972,256 · App. 11/472,602 · Granted Jul 5, 2011

Folder with multiple-motor drive

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,972,256
App. No.
11/472,602
Granted
Jul 5, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A folder includes a first cylinder having at least one first gripper for holding signatures and at least one tucker for tucking the signatures to define a first fold, a second cylinder having at least one first jaw for holding the signatures at the first fold, a first motor driving the at least one first gripper, and a second motor separate from the first motor, the second motor driving the at least one tucker of the first cylinder and the at least one first jaw of the second cylinder.

Claims (9)

1. A folder comprising:

a first cylinder having a first functional device and a second functional device;

a second cylinder having a third functional device dependent on the second functional device;

a first motor driving the first functional device; and

a second independent motor driving the second and third functional devices.

2. A folder as recited in claim 1 wherein the first functional device is a gripper.

3. A folder as recited in claim 1 wherein the second functional device is a tucker.

4. A folder as recited in claim 1 wherein the third functional device is a jaw.

5. A folder as recited in claim 1 wherein the second and third functional devices meet as the first and second cylinders counter-rotate.