Patent ID: 7097607
Filing Date: 2006-08-29
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A pair of counter rotating folding rollers for use in machines for converting paper or similar products, each of said pair of counter rotating folding rollers comprising at least one substantially cylindrical body having longitudinal axis and a plurality of folding means, wherein said pair of folding rollers interact at a contact line to produce a stack of folded and/or interfolded sheets downstream from said contact line characterised in that at least one support spaced from said contact line and extending transversely from the longitudinal axis is provided for each of said pair of folding rollers in order not to impede folding operations in said folding area and wherein each of said pair of counter rotating folding rollers further comprises a gap for contacting said at least one support wherein said gap is located at the end of or between said plurality of folding means.