Patent ID: 7044902

Claim:
A folder for a printing press, the folder operable to cut a web into individual printed products, the folder comprising: at least one infeed roller; a first motor operable to drive the at least one infeed roller at a first speed; a pair of cutting cylinders positioned downstream of the infeed roller; a second motor operable to drive the cutting cylinders at a second speed that is independently variable from the first speed; a diverter mechanism positioned downstream of the cutting cylinders; a third motor operable to drive the diverter mechanism at a third speed that is independently variable from the first and second speeds; first and second delivery belts supported by the frame and circulating in endless loops, the delivery belts lying in substantially face to face relation between the cutting cylinders and the diverter mechanism; a fourth motor operable to drive the first delivery belt at a fourth speed that is independently variable from the first, second, and third, speeds; a fifth motor operable to drive the second delivery belt at a fifth speed that is independently variable from the first, second, third, and fourth speeds; a first slow-down mechanism positioned along a first collation path and independently driven by a sixth motor; a second slow-down mechanism positioned along a second collation path and independently driven by a seventh motor; a first delivery bucket positioned downstream of the first slow-down mechanism and independently driven by an eighth motor; and, a second delivery bucket positioned downstream of the second slow-down mechanism and independently driven by a ninth motor.