Method for manufacturing extended content booklet labels
AssigneeMinigraphics, Inc.
InventorStephen W. DeLise, JR.
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing an extended content booklet label. A multi-up book includes folds that are parallel to the book's spine. The multi-up book is disposed on the label web and held in place by an overlaminate. The overlaminate, book log and labels are all pre-trimmed in the longitudinal direction. The web is moved passed cutting elements to progressively slit the web and trim the major web into minor webs in which the overlaminate, booklets and labels are trimmed in the width direction to have a common edge.
Claims20
A method of manufacturing an extended content booklet label, comprising the steps of:
- primary parallel folding sheets to form a spine of a multi-up book and further parallel folding the multi-up book to form a log;
- overlaminating the log to a web having a longitudinal direction so that the spine and secondary folds are oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the web;
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- continuously moving the web passed the cutting elements of a slitting station for progressively slitting the web in the longitudinal direction only.
A method of manufacturing parallel webs containing extended content booklet labels, comprising the steps of:
- conveying a major web having a width and a longitudinal direction into a slitting station, wherein the major web includes a series of extended content book log labels each extending across the width of the major web which are pre-trimmed in the longitudinal direction;
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- continuously moving the major web through the slitting station and progressively slitting the major web along the longitudinal direction to form two or more parallel minor webs, wherein the progressive slitting trims the extended content book log in the width direction to form a series of extended content booklet labels on each of the parallel minor webs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.