Patents by Inventor Paul Stuart Garratt

Paul Stuart Garratt 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).

  • Folding apparatus and method
    Patent number: 7040612
    Abstract: A folding apparatus for folding sheets of flexible sheet materials, which includes a feeding mechanism (11, 17) for feeding sheets of material, a folding mechanism including a pair of rollers (11, 13) having a nip (23) into which a sheet of material (7) is inserted to create a fold (7b), and an inserter mechanism (21) for inserting a sheet (7) into the nip (23). The inserter mechanism (21) includes knife element (29) having an edge (31) that is arranged to engage a sheet (7) along a designated fold line (7a) and to insert said sheet (7) into the nip (23) to produce a fold (7b) along said fold line (7a). The inserter mechanism (21) is constructed and arranged to insert the sheet (7) into the nip (23) while the sheet (7) is positively engaged by the feeding mechanism (11, 17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Morgana Systems Limited
    Inventors: Wilfred Macleod Garner, Paul Stuart Garratt
  • Folding apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20040155394
    Abstract: A folding apparatus for folding sheets of flexible sheet materials, which includes a feeding mechanism (11, 17) for feeding sheets of material, a folding mechanism including a pair of rollers (11, 13) having a nip (23) into which a sheet of material (7) is inserted to create a fold (7b), and an inserter mechanism (21) for inserting a sheet (7) into the nip (23). The inserter mechanism (21) includes knife element (29) having an edge (31) that is arranged to engage a sheet (7) along a designated fold line (7a) and to insert said sheet (7) into the nip (23) to produce a fold (7b) along said fold line (7a). The inserter mechanism (21) is constructed and arranged to insert the sheet (7) into the nip (23) while the sheet (7) is positively engaged by the feeding mechanism (11, 17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Wilfred MacLeod Garner, Paul Stuart Garratt