FOLDING MACHINE FOR LONGITUDINAL FOLDING OF SIGNATURES Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: printing industry; printing machines. SUBSTANCE: folding machine has device for longitudinal folding with table, knife, folding rollers installed for rotation, stop for signatures to be folded and transportation device for delivering signatures to longitudinal folding device furnished with upper and lower transportation belts. Design peculiarity of folding machine is that upper and lower transportation belts are installed in zone of folding table to form angular channel at outlet between working runs. Upper runs of lower transportation belts are oriented downwards at angle to horizontal and pass through folding table. EFFECT: enlarged operating capabilities. 4 cl, 2 dwg