Patent classifications
B65H2301/11
A system and a method for stacking a fanfolded continuous web of sheet material
A system for stacking a fanfolded continuous web of sheet material of indefinite length, such as corrugated cardboard, includes a feeding device that guides the continuous web longitudinally, a creasing device downstream of the feeding device to form transverse creases on the continuous web with a constant longitudinal pitch to define a succession of adjacent partitions, a folding device downstream of the creasing device for progressively and alternately fanfolding adjacent partitions along the creases, and a collection device for collecting the folded web. The collection device includes a vertical column for retaining the stack of fanfolded adjacent partitions, and a cutting unit is mounted at the top of the column to act on the fly on the top adjacent partition of the stack while tracking stack-formation without stopping the folding device. A method of stacking a sheet material, such as a fanfolded continuous web of corrugated cardboard of indefinite length.
VARIABLE LENGTH SHEET PRINTING USING CONTINUOUS SUBSTRATES
A hot fuse printer system includes a feeder module adapted to spool a continuous substrate and cut the substrate to a desired length; a sheeting module adapted to feed the cut substrate to a printer module, which includes a hot fuser unit adapted to print on the cut substrate. The feeder module may include at least one sensor configured to determine a length of the substrate. The feeder module, the sheeting module and the printer module are each operatively connected to a controller which is configured to cause the feeder module to cut the substrate in a desired location, the sheeting module to feed the cut substrate to the printer module, and the printer module to print onto the cut substrate in a desired manner.
Spindle free tape article and method
An adhesive web article including an adhesive web defining a first surface, a second surface, a first end, a second end, a length in between, and an adhesive layer defining a first adhesive surface. The adhesive web is folded over upon itself along the length such that a first portion of the first adhesive surface is in facing relationship with a second portion of the first adhesive surface.
SPINDLE FREE TAPE ARTICLE AND METHOD
An adhesive web article including an adhesive web defining a first surface, a second surface, a first end, a second end, a length in between, and an adhesive layer defining a first adhesive surface. The adhesive web is folded over upon itself along the length such that a first portion of the first adhesive surface is in facing relationship with a second portion of the first adhesive surface.
System and a method for stacking a fanfolded continuous web of sheet material
A system for stacking a fanfolded continuous web of sheet material of indefinite length, such as corrugated cardboard, includes a feeding device that guides the continuous web longitudinally, a creasing device downstream of the feeding device to form transverse creases on the continuous web with a constant longitudinal pitch to define a succession of adjacent partitions, a folding device downstream of the creasing device for progressively and alternately fanfolding adjacent partitions along the creases, and a collection device for collecting the folded web. The collection device includes a vertical column for retaining the stack of fanfolded adjacent partitions, and a cutting unit is mounted at the top of the column to act on the fly on the top adjacent partition of the stack while tracking stack-formation without stopping the folding device. A method of stacking a sheet material, such as a fanfolded continuous web of corrugated cardboard of indefinite length.