Patent ID: 6550756
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: B42P,B65H

Abstract:
A method for handling a material sheet in a sheet-wise booklet making system, comprising the steps of:advancing a sheet to a movable clamping drive at a first position; clamping the sheet in the clamping drive at the first position; moving the clamping drive in a non-linear path to a second position; establishing a fold in the sheet with a folding device; moving the clamping drive in the non-linear path to a third position; delivering the folded sheet to a collecting device by rotating the clamping drive to independently advance the sheet, wherein a leading side and a trailing side of the folded sheet are respectively delivered to a frontside and a backside of the collecting device; and reciprocating the clamping drive to the first position along the non-linear path in a reverse direction.