Patent ID: 7264583
Filing Date: 2007-09-04
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A folding machine comprising: a pair of folding rollers rotating about axes essentially parallel to each other and defining a nip through which a web material to be folded passes, disposed on each of said rollers folding members being arranged which form folds on said web material parallel to the axis of rotation of the folding rollers; and, for each of said folding rollers, a transferring device to transfer packs of products folded by the folding rollers towards an unloading area, which transferring device includes a plurality of separating fingers movable along a closed path, from an area of engagement with folded products to an unloading area of folded products; wherein said closed path is defined by a track, said separating fingers sliding inside and projecting from said track, and wherein each folding roller is provided with an annular groove into which said separating fingers project; and wherein each said track of each said transferring device extends inside the annular groove of a respective folding roller.