Step-down booklet
First Claim
1. The method of making a step-down booklet from a pre-printed web which comprises a. perforating said web along transverse lines corresponding to the head and foot of the sheets comprising the booklet pages, b. die cutting the sheets inside of and parallel to the opposite longitudinal edges of the web between the transverse perforations along lines corresponding to the margins of the booklet pages, where the internal booklet pages are of a nonuniform width, c. removing those marginal portions of each sheet at the longitudinal edges of the web which are defined by the die cut lines along the opposite margins of the pages comprising the sheets, and the transverse perforation lines, d. folding said sheets along said perforated lines to a superposed configuration whereby said sheet comprising the adjacent centerfold pages are the opposingly outward facing sheets, e. binding the superposed sheets together along a line inside of and parallel to the longitudinal margins of said sheets to form a booklet backbone, f. folding the superposed sheets along the bound backbone whereby the Adjacent centerfold pages are placed in an adjacent overlying configuration, and g. separating the bound sheets along the perforated lines at the head and foot of the booklet.
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Abstract
A method for making a computer personalized step-down booklet from a continuous pre-printed web which is assembled and finished in one operation.
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3 Claims
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1. The method of making a step-down booklet from a pre-printed web which comprises a. perforating said web along transverse lines corresponding to the head and foot of the sheets comprising the booklet pages, b. die cutting the sheets inside of and parallel to the opposite longitudinal edges of the web between the transverse perforations along lines corresponding to the margins of the booklet pages, where the internal booklet pages are of a nonuniform width, c. removing those marginal portions of each sheet at the longitudinal edges of the web which are defined by the die cut lines along the opposite margins of the pages comprising the sheets, and the transverse perforation lines, d. folding said sheets along said perforated lines to a superposed configuration whereby said sheet comprising the adjacent centerfold pages are the opposingly outward facing sheets, e. binding the superposed sheets together along a line inside of and parallel to the longitudinal margins of said sheets to form a booklet backbone, f. folding the superposed sheets along the bound backbone whereby the Adjacent centerfold pages are placed in an adjacent overlying configuration, and g. separating the bound sheets along the perforated lines at the head and foot of the booklet.
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2. The method of claim 1 where the sheets are bound by hot melt glue applied to said sheets prior to folding said sheets to the superposed position.
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3. The method of claim 1 in which the pre-printed web is of indeterminate length and which includes the additional step of separating the die-cut sheets comprising a single booklet from the web along the intermediate transverse perforation line prior to the folding of the sheets to a superposed configuration.
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Current AssigneeRandolph S. Lyon Jr
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Original AssigneeRandolph S. Lyon Jr
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InventorsLyon, Randolph S. Jr.
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Primary Examiner(s)Michell, Robert W.
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Assistant Examiner(s)Millin, V.
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Application NumberUS05/220,110Time in Patent Office1,337 DaysField of Search270/32,37,20,21,62,64,66,39,40,73 283/36-43US Class Current270/37CPC Class CodesB42C 3/00 Making booklets, pads, or f...
