Apparatus for folding and stacking paper products
First Claim
1. An apparatus for continuously folding, combining, and stacking a plurality of webs of flexible material comprising a frame, folding means on said frame for folding a plurality of webs of flexible material to a desired cross-sectional configuration, first pull roll means for combining first and second folded webs and directing the same along a first path, second pull roll means for combining third and fourth folded webs and directing the same along a second path, anvil roll means and cooperating cutting means disposed along each path for cutting said webs into segments of predetermined length, a pair of transfer rolls having means for stripping the segments from said anvil rolls, said transfer rolls cooperating with each other to combine the first and second segments of said first path with the third and fourth segments of said second path to form a group of segments, packer roll means having means for stripping said group of segments from said transfer rolls, and means for discharging said group of segments from said packer roll means to form a generally vertical stack of superposed segments.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for continuously folding a plurality of webs of material such as paper or the like, cutting the webs into segments of predetermined length, combining the segments into a group and then stacking the groups together until a desired number of segments are present in the stack after which the stack is discharged while a new stack is being started.
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- 1. An apparatus for continuously folding, combining, and stacking a plurality of webs of flexible material comprising a frame, folding means on said frame for folding a plurality of webs of flexible material to a desired cross-sectional configuration, first pull roll means for combining first and second folded webs and directing the same along a first path, second pull roll means for combining third and fourth folded webs and directing the same along a second path, anvil roll means and cooperating cutting means disposed along each path for cutting said webs into segments of predetermined length, a pair of transfer rolls having means for stripping the segments from said anvil rolls, said transfer rolls cooperating with each other to combine the first and second segments of said first path with the third and fourth segments of said second path to form a group of segments, packer roll means having means for stripping said group of segments from said transfer rolls, and means for discharging said group of segments from said packer roll means to form a generally vertical stack of superposed segments.
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