Method of folding collations having two different size documents

Details Method of folding collations having two different size documents Method of folding collations having two different size documents

1993-10-27

1995-08-15

Ryznic, John E.

Sheet-material associating

Associating and folding

Sheet associating

493420, B42C 100, B31F 108

Patent

active

054412447

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for nest folding at least one smaller document of a collation while folding larger documents of the collation comprises the steps of: providing a buckle chute folder having a plurality of buckle chutes with one of the buckle chutes including a kicker structure adjacent a buckle chute stop; transporting to the buckle chute folder a collation having documents of at least two sizes; feeding the collation into the buckle chute having the kicker structure; buckling the larger of the documents into a nip of fold rollers as the lead edge of the collation hits the buckle chute stop; bouncing the smaller of the documents out of the buckle chute as the larger of the documents enter the nip of the fold rollers; and completing the first fold of the larger documents with the smaller documents nested within the first fold.

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patent: 5242369 (1993-09-01), Eschweiler, Jr. et al.
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Xerox Disclosure Journal, Folder/Nester, Robert Hayskar, vol. 8 No. 2, Mar./Apr. 1983, pp. 99-100.

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