Two plate buckle folder

• US 5,269,744 A
• Filed: 05/21/1992
• Issued: 12/14/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: MOLL Group LLC
• Original Assignee: Richard J. Moll
• Inventors: Moll, Richard J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Terrell, William E.
• Application Number:
  US07/886,365
• Time in Patent Office: 572 Days
• Field of Search: 493/416, 493/419, 493/420, 493/421
• US Class Current: 493/421
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 45/148 diverters therefor

Abstract

A two plate buckle folding machine, which can apply single buckle fold to card stock, and the like, and by disengaging shafts, shifting a fold plate into position, shifting a roller into position, and rotating a chute, change from a single to a two buckle fold folder.

Claims

1. A buckle folder for forming at least one buckle fold on sheets of paper and the like which comprises:

a document storage section,

a document feeding and transport section,

a document folding and delivery section,

said document storage section has a vertically movable plate to store and present a plurality of documents to said document feeding and transport section,

said feeding and transport section includes a pick off wheel to pick off documents one at a time from said storage section,

transition plates and transport rollers are provided in said feeding and transport section to receive documents from said pick-off wheel and transport them to said folding section,

said folding and delivery section includes first and second fold plates,

drive and first idler rollers are provided to grasp and transport said documents to said first fold plate from said feeding and transport section,

a second idler roller is provided adjacent said drive roller,

said first fold plate has a plurality of ribs to receive said documents and a stop bar to limit the travel of said documents, and urge said documents to engagement by said drive roller and said second idler roller pulling them out of said first fold plate whereby a single buckle fold is formed in said document

selectively movable chute means to receive said folded documents and transport them,

ejector means to grip and discharge said folded documents,

said second fold plate is shiftable into engagement position so that a second buckle fold can be formed on said documents.

said ejector means includes a third idler roller which is movable to a document engagement position for performing a second buckle fold, and

whereby said chute means is movable to out of document engagement position for said second buckle fold.

2. A folder as defined in claim 1 in which:

said ejector means includes top and bottom ejector shafts to receive said documents from said chute means and deliver them for use, and

said top ejector shaft is readily removable.