Method and device for folding piles of sheets

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EP 1 076 101 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	13.06.2001 Bulletin 2001/24

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	14.02.2001 Bulletin 2001/07

(21)	Application number: 00112062.5

(22)	Date of filing: 05.06.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C14B 1/62, B65H 45/04

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

10.08.1999 IT VE990034

(71)	Applicant: Ger Elettronica S.R.L.
	36075 Montecchio Maggiore (IT)

(72)	Inventors:
	Burato, Bruno, c/o GER Elettronica S.r.l. 36075 Montecchio Maggiore (IT) Dal Ceredo, Giuliano, c/o GER Elettronica S.r.l. 36075 Montecchio Maggiore (IT) Visonà, Renato, c/o GER Elettronica S.r.l. 36075 Montecchio Maggiore (IT)

(74)	Representative: Piovesana, Paolo
	Corso del Popolo, 70 30172 Venezia-Mestre 30172 Venezia-Mestre (IT)

(54)	Method and device for folding piles of sheets

(57) A method for folding piles of flexible objects in sheet form, in particular skins, characterised by causing the pile of objects to descend progressively, starting from its central part, through a transverse gap (18) provided in the pile-forming belt conveyor (16), the pile, which is folded into two parts as it descends, being collected on a moving underlying collection belt conveyor (20).

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