Book puller and method of making same

A method of manufacturing book pullers, comprising:

• providing a roll of flexible sheet material including a layer of puller forming material having an inner face coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive and a layer of backing material releasably adhered to said face, said roll having a first width;
• pulling said sheet material from said roll, separating said layers from each other by bending one of said layers around a roller, and pulling said layers separately along diverging pathways;
• providing a second roll of flexible sheet material comprising a reinforcing material and having a second width less than said first width, and positioning said second roll between said layers downstream of said roller;
• pulling said reinforcing material from said second roll toward a pair of pressure rollers, and simultaneously pulling said layers along converging pathways toward said pressure rollers;
• pulling said layers and said reinforcing material between said pressure rollers to adhere said reinforcing material to a center portion of said face and re-adhere said backing material to opposite edge portions of said face on opposite sides of said center portion;
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• die cutting the re-adhered layer of puller forming material and said reinforcing material to form separate book pullers extending widthwise across said backing material, each said puller extending across said center portion and at least partially across each said edge portion.