Roller supporting and adjusting means for buckle-type sheet folding machine

• US 3,150,871 A
• Filed: 07/11/1961
• Issued: 09/29/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Boblit J.R. Harry, Ronald E. Boblit
• Original Assignee: Boblit J.R. Harry, Ronald E. Boblit
• Inventors: BOBLIT JR HARRY, Boblit, Ronald E.
• Application Number:
  US04/123,157
• Time in Patent Office: 1,176 Days
• US Class Current: 493/421
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 45/147 folding rollers therefor

Claims

1. IN A FOLDING MACHINE OF THE TYPE DESCRIBED, FOLDING MECHANISM INCLUDING A FRAME, A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF CONTACTING FOLDING ROLLERS, A SHAFT CARRYING EACH OF SAID ROLLERS, BEARINGS SUPPORTING EACH ROLLER SHAFT AT BOTH ENDS FOR ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT, SUPPORTING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING THE BEARINGS OF ONE ROLLER SHAFT OF EACH PAIR FOR RELATIVE MOVEMENT, SAID SUPPORTING MEANS COMPRISING RADIALLY EXTENDING GUIDEWAYS ON SAID FRAME AND BEARING GUIDES OPERATING THEREIN TO SUPPORT ONE ROLLER SHAFT FOR MOVEMENT RADIALLY RELATIVE TO THE OTHER SHAFT, ROTATABLE CAMS FOR ACTING ON SAID GUIDES IN SAID GUIDEWAYS, SAID CAMS HAVING CONTINUOUS CAM SURFACES FOR GRADUAL ADJUSTMENT OF SAID GUIDES, AND MEANS FOR ROTATING ALL OF SAID CAMS SIMULTANEOUSLY TO SIMULTANEOUSLY ADJUST ALL OF SAID GUIDES RADIALLY IN SAID GUIDEWAYS.