Patent ID: 9259892
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: B31F,B65H

Claim Text:
1. A creasing machine for forming creases in sheets of flexible material, said creasing machine including a creasing mechanism, a transport mechanism for transporting sheets of material through the creasing mechanism, and a control system for controlling operation of the creasing mechanism and the transport mechanism, said creasing mechanism including first and second creasing members, and a drive mechanism for driving the creasing members, wherein the creasing members are arranged to move in the direction of movement of the sheet during a creasing operation and at least one of said creasing members is moveable towards the other creasing member to produce a crease in a sheet located between those members, and wherein the control system is arranged to substantially match the speed of movement of the creasing members with the speed of the sheet to enable the sheet to be creased while moving, wherein at least one of the said first and second creasing members is arranged to perform pivoting movement in a reciprocating fashion and translational movement in a reciprocating fashion during a creasing operation in order to produce a crease.