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US 2011/0025039 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for making a sectioned tab product
AssigneeManugraph DGM, Inc.
InventorSteven E. WELKER
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Abstract
A sectioned, folded tabloid paper product having a plurality of sections, the sections each having an independent number of pages. The paper product includes a mechanically formed first fold perpendicular to web travel, and a mechanically formed second fold parallel to web travel. The paper product includes a tabloid format that is formed on press. An apparatus for forming a sectioned, folded tabloid paper product is also disclosed.
Claims20
A sectioned, folded tabloid paper product comprising:
- a plurality of sections, the sections each having an independent number of pages;
- a mechanically formed first fold perpendicular to web travel;
- a mechanically formed second fold parallel to web travel;
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- wherein the paper product comprises a tabloid format and is formed on press.
2 more elements
An apparatus for forming a sectioned, folded tabloid paper product comprising:
- a plurality of first folding devices arranged and disposed to fold the web perpendicular to web travel to form a tabloid section;
- a merger arranged and disposed to collect the tabloid sections;
- a quarter-page fold apparatus arranged and disposed to fold the collected tabloid sections to form a sectioned, folded tabloid paper product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.