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Method of folding demand-printed webs into signatures for gathering in rotary gathering/binding machines and signatures produced thereby

  • US 6,402,132 B1
  • Filed: 08/21/2000
  • Issued: 06/11/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of producing a signature, comprising the steps of:

  • printing pages onto a moving web, the web moving along a longitudinal axis;

    creating multiple fan folds across the web, each fan fold being made across a transverse axis of the web, the transverse axis being orthogonal to the longitudinal axis;

    cutting the web after a desired number of fan folds have been created, the cutting step resulting in a log having a zig-zag configuration in cross-section; and

    creating at least one chop fold in the log, each chop fold being made along the longitudinal axis of the web.

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