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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2000
Applicant:
Michael Lee Hearn, Dover, NH (US);
Inventor:
Michael Lee Hearn, Dover, NH (US);
Assignee:
Goss International Americas, Inc., Durham, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A folder for a web printing press includes a first cutting and nipping device for partially cutting a web so as to form first cuts in the web and for nipping the web. A second cutting and nipping device cuts the web between the first cuts so as to form signatures, the web being nipped at a nip of the second cutting device. Also disclosed is a method for cutting a web which comprises the steps of partially cutting the web so as to form first cuts in the web while web is nipped; and cutting the web between the first cuts of the web while the web is nipped.