Patent ID: 7303520

Claim:
A method of folding coupons on a packing machine; the method comprising the steps of: providing at least one folding station ( 4 ) comprising two counter-rotating folding rollers ( 6 ) and at least one locating member ( 7 ) located at one end of a feed path of the coupons ( 2 ) extending over the two folding rollers ( 6 ) feeding the coupons ( 2 ) to the folding station ( 4 ) determining cyclically the operating speed of the folding station ( 4 ); and adjusting the position of the locating member ( 7 ) along the feed path of the coupons ( 2 ) during normal operation of the folding station ( 4 ) and as a function of the operating speed of the folding station ( 4 ) so that the position of the locating member ( 7 ) is adjusted when the operating speed of the folding station ( 4 ) changes.