Patents by Inventor David G. Nemec

David G. Nemec has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4419088
    Abstract: An apparatus for making a gate fold in a prefolded sheet, including a folding table with a central opening, a pair of fold rolls located below the opening and forming a nip, and a vertically movable gate assembly with a blade located parallel to the fold rolls. A sheet in which the gate fold is to be made is conveyed across the table and stopped at a predetermined position over the opening and under the blade. The gate assembly is then lowered until the blade engages the sheet along the desired transverse crease zone and then further lowered to drive the sheet down between the nip formed by the fold rolls to make the gate fold. The gate assembly includes a tuck roll assembly with a pair of tuck rolls parallel to the blade located one on each side and adjacent the lower edge thereof. The tuck roll assembly is movable relative to the gate assembly in a vertical path between a downwardly extended normal position to which it is biased by resilient means, and a retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1983
    Inventor: David G. Nemec