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EP 1849730 B1 20091223 - Folding apparatus

Title (en)

Folding apparatus

Title (de)

Falzapparat

Title (fr)

Appareil de pliage

Publication

EP 1849730 B1 20091223 (DE)

Application

EP 07106227 A 20070416

Priority

DE 102006019799 A 20060428

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1849730A1] The holder has a folding blade cylinder (08) which carriers number of folding blades and tool holders distributed about its circumference. A control unit is coupled to activate a driving motion. The angular separation between tool holder and folding blade cooperates with one of the tool holder holding a product, which is adjustable between pi /n and pi m/n (m+1).

IPC 8 full level

B65H 45/16 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B65H 45/168 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1849730 A1 20071031; EP 1849730 B1 20091223; AT E452847 T1 20100115; DE 102006019799 A1 20071031; DE 502007002375 D1 20100204

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 07106227 A 20070416; AT 07106227 T 20070416; DE 102006019799 A 20060428; DE 502007002375 T 20070416