Patent ID: 6705981
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: B41F,B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for seizing flat material comprising:a former board for folding the flat material; a transfer cylinder rotating about an axis and having an outer circumferential surface; a cutting cylinder cooperating with said transfer cylinder and having at least one knife mounted thereon and for cutting the flat material downstream of the former board; and a set of product seizing elements arranged in an outer periphery of the cuffing cylinder and actuable about a common center point, the product seizing elements having edges, the edges cooperating with the outer circumferential surface of the transfer cylinder so as to hold a leading edge of the flat material against the outer circumferential surface, the product seizing elements including a set of fingers spaced apart from each other by spacings; and a set of tapes, the tapes passing through the spacings of the fingers.