Patent ID: 9624063
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B65H

Claim:
1. An apparatus for folding a product having a first portion, a second portion, an unfolded configuration, and a folded configuration wherein one of the first and second portions overlies the other portion, the apparatus comprising: a conveying member adapted to convey the product; an oscillating member being disposed adjacent the conveying member and adapted to grasp and lift the first portion of the product from the conveying member while the product is being conveyed by the conveying member, the oscillating member being moveable in a first direction away from the conveying member and in a second direction toward the conveying member; and a folding roll disposed adjacent the conveying member and the oscillating member, the folding roll being adapted to receive the first portion of the product from the oscillating member and to place the first portion of the product into engagement with the second portion of the product such that the product is in the folded configuration.