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Method and apparatus for making booklets

US6708967B1 · kind B1 · utility

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36Claims
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Filing dateMay 14, 2001
Grant dateMar 23, 2004
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Expiry dateMay 14, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S83/934
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Method and apparatus for assembling sheets of printing media for booklets. In one aspect of the sheets are folded, sheet-by-sheet, and in another aspect the sheets are collected, sheet-by-sheet, and registered on a fold in each sheet. In still another aspect printed sheets are located, sheet-by-sheet, into the apparatus. Each sheet is trimmed to a pre-determined width depending on the position of the sheet in the booklet being assembled. The sheets are thereafter folded, sheet-by-sheet, and collected into a stack. The method and apparatus have particular application in finishing duplex printed sheets of paper into saddle-stitched booklets.

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