Patent ID: 6899026
Filing Date: 2005-05-31
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A folding structure of a web-fed rotary printing press comprising: a first group of formers including at least a first former and a second former; at least one additional former, said at least one additional former being offset vertically from said first group of formers; a web travel direction, said first group of formers being arranged side-by-side transversely to said web travel direction and at least partially intersecting said web travel direction in a horizontal plane; a first plane of symmetry of at least one of said at least first and second formers in said first group of formers; a second plane of symmetry of said at least one additional former, said first and second planes of symmetry being located in common alignment with a partial web passing in a straight line through the printing press; and a common group of lead rollers assigned to said at least one of said at least first and second formers in said first group of formers and to said at least one additional former whose planes of symmetry are aligned.