Patent ID: 6612974
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: B31F

Abstract:
A card folding station for accommodating a card having a width and a length, comprising:a vacuum bed having an adjustable bed section and a fixed bed section, the adjustable bed section and the fixed bed section having suction cups for securing the card, the adjustable bed section and the fixed bed section defining a plane, and the adjustable bed section being movable in the plane with respect to the fixed bed section; a pair of rotatable gates, wherein the first gate is fixed and the second gate is moveable in the plane with respect to the first gate; a pair of gate actuators, each actuator connected to one of the pair of gates; a vacuum supply connected to the suction cups for selectively actuating some or all of the suction cups depending on the length of the card; and a pair of linear bearings and a ball screw connected to at least one of the adjustable bed section and the second gate.