Patent ID: 6923753

Claim:
A jaw folder comprising: a cutting cylinder for cutting a signature from a web; a transfer cylinder including a plurality of gripping devices for holding a lead edge of the signature, the gripping devices supported on a first rotatable support and including a first gripping device, the transfer cylinder including a plurality of tucking devices supported on a second rotatable support, the tucking devices including a first tucking device and a second tucking device, the first gripping device being located circumferentially between the first tucking device and second tucking device, and the transfer cylinder including a cover fixed to the second rotatable support and extending circumferentially over the first gripping device between the first tucking device and the second tucking device, the cover having at least one aperture, the first gripping device capable of extending through the at least one aperture; and a jaw cylinder for receiving the signature at a fold created by the first tucking device.