Patent ID: 7988608

Claim:
An apparatus for producing longitudinally folded products; said apparatus comprising: a former arrangement chargeable with a web material and a machine frame ( 17 ) arranged below said former arrangement; transporting and processing units arranged in tandem in said machine frame; a superstructure wall ( 18 ) mounted on said machine frame ( 17 ) for carrying web guiding members ( 19 ) associated with said former arrangement; at least one web ribbon ( 2 a ) being guided through said superstructure wall ( 18 ); said machine frame ( 17 ) comprising at least two modules ( 22 , 23 ) arranged on opposite sides of a dividing line ( 24 ) one above the other and being rotatable by 180° around an axis of rotation relative to one another and connectable to one another; each said module ( 22 , 23 ) having its own at least one drive motor; and wherein every one of said units provided in the region of said dividing line ( 24 ) between said modules ( 22 , 23 ) is constructed symmetrically with respect to a center working plane containing said axis of rotation.