| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To reduce the whole size of an apparatus and permit a continuous folding operation by making a plurality of pamphlets receivable in a hopper in superposed relationship, permitting the withdrawal of a the pamphlets starting with the lowermost one and carrying the same in the inverted position by a drum. CONSTITUTION:A plurality of pamphlets are receivable in a hopper 3 in superposed relationship and a folding mechanism 1 is provided with a rorating drum 5 for effecting a partial and complete withdrawal of a pamphlet 4 one by one from the hopper 3, a folding member 6 for the pamphlet 4 and the related driving means therefor. As the rotating drum 5 rotates, the pamphlet 4 is completely withdrawn from the hopper 3, while interposing between a finger 9 and receiving member 25 the end of the pamphlet 4 partially withdrawn by a vacuum pat 8 below the hopper 3. The pamphlet 4 is then released, guided on a conveyor belt, sent to the folding member 6, folded at the center thereof lengthwise, spread under a roller to a predetermined length and delivered continuously to a bundling device 2. In this bundling device 2, a strip paper 41 is automatically wrapped around the center of the long pamphlet 4 orthogonally to the longitudinal direction thereof.
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