Patent ID: 9388016
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: B65H

Claim Text:
1. A folding and stacking machine for making packages of folded and stacked sheets starting from a web of paper, or similar material, the machine comprising: a folding section comprising a first and a second folding roller, said first and second folding rollers adapted to fold said sheets into a plurality of panels and to form a stack of folded sheets; a first sheet feed line arranged to feed a first plurality of sheets to said folding rollers; a second sheet feed line that is distinct from said first sheet feed line, said second sheet feed line being arranged to feed a second plurality of sheets to said folding rollers; a sheet supply line, arranged upstream of said first and said second sheet feed lines, for unwinding and conveying a single web of paper according to a feeding direction; a cutting unit arranged to cut said single web of paper, coming from said feeding direction, into sheets of paper having a determined length L; and a distribution roller arranged to distribute alternatively, and selectively, said sheets of paper to said first sheet feed line, and to said second sheet feed line.