Patent ID: 6941862
Filing Date: 2005-09-13
Classification: B41F,B65H

Abstract:
1. A folding apparatus comprising: a cutting device adapted to cut a web into a plurality of signatures; a folding device usable to transversely fold signatures received from said cutting device; a plurality of delivery devices adapted to receive signatures; a conveying track usable to convey cut signatures to first and second ones of said plurality of delivery devices while bypassing said folding device; a signature shunt in said conveying track usable for the selective delivery of cut signatures to said first and second delivery devices; first and second paddle wheels associated with said first and second delivery devices, each of said first and second paddle wheels having an axis of rotation; and first and second conveyor belt devices in said first and second delivery devices and associated with said first and second paddle wheels and each having a conveying direction, said conveyor belt conveying directions of said first and second conveyor belt devices being parallel with said axes of rotation of said associated first and second paddle wheels.