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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1999
Takayuki Baba, Kanagawa, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Several printing units are arranged in a row for printing on as many separate webs traveling in centerline alignment and in phase with one another. At least one preselected web, on issuing from one printing unit, is directed over an angled guide rod thereby to be turned 90 degrees out of phase with the other, unselected webs. Subsequently traveling over a triangular shaped former, the preselected web is folded along a centerline thereof, back into phase with the unselected webs. The preselected web, already formed, and the unselected ones, yet unfolded, are then all superposed one upon another, with the fold of the preselected web in register with the aligned centerline of the unselected webs. The superposed webs are then folded by another former along the aligned centerline of the unselected webs. Subsequently fed into a cutting and folding device, the webs are cut and folded transversely into individual multiple-page signatures each having one center spread in addition to the usual inmost center spread. The additional center spread may be inserted between any two pages on either side of the centerline folds of each signature. Additional embodiments are disclosed for creating two or three additional center spreads.