FOLDER FOR A PRINTING MACHINE WITH A DEVICE FOR SLOWING DOWN SIGNATURES SENT TO A QUARTER FOLD OF SAID FOLDER

摘要

The invention concerns a folder for a printing machine, in which folded signatures are transported by transport means including belts and partial pulleys. According to the invention, the following are provided: a first bed of fast belts (28 and 29) composed of upper belts (28) and lower belts (29), between which a folded signature is conveyed; an assembly (37 and 38) of partial pulleys, driven at variable speed and composed of upper rollers (37) and lower rollers (38), receiving the signature from the first bed of belts (28 and 29) by its front edge and continuing to transport it; and a second bed of slow belts (30 and 31) composed of upper belts (30) and lower belts (31), receiving the signature from the partial pulleys by its front edge and continuing to transport it.