KEITH J CALDERONE
Engineering in Dover, NH
License number
Massachusetts 40693
Issued Date
Aug 21, 1998
Expiration Date
Jun 30, 2016
Type
Mechanical Engineer
Address
Address
Dover, NH 03820
Professional information
Orbiting Cam Drive Mechanism, Pitch Changing Device And Method
US Patent:
2012019, Aug 2, 2012
Filed:
Dec 12, 2011
Appl. No.:
13/316680
Inventors:
Joseph Adrian St. Ours - Lee NH, US
John James Sposato - Dover NH, US
Keith James Calderone - Dover NH, US
John James Sposato - Dover NH, US
Keith James Calderone - Dover NH, US
Assignee:
GOSS INTERNATIONAL AMERICAS, INC. - Durham NH
International Classification:
B41F 13/56, B31B 1/56, B65H 9/00
US Classification:
270 201, 271264, 493454
Abstract:
A printing press is provided. The printing press includes at least one printing unit printing on a web, a folder for forming the web into a plurality of signatures, the plurality of signatures traveling in a stream at an initial pitch and a pitch changing device for changing the initial pitch of the plurality of signatures in the stream. The pitch changing device includes a first orbiting member orbiting about a first axis and rotating about a second axis and a second orbiting member orbiting about a third axis and rotating about a fourth axis. The first orbiting member and second orbiting member form a nip and the nip receives a stream of signatures. The first and second orbiting members vary a velocity of the signatures so as to alter the initial pitch. A folder and a method for changing a pitch between consecutive signatures is also provided.