US 5,489,091 AGranted

Method and apparatus for printing and collating packets of nonrepeating images on a base web

AssigneeThe Reliable Corporation of America

InventorsThomas W. Greer, James H. Meyers

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Abstract

An apparatus and method for the collated printing of a first set of images of a nonrepeating series and a second set of images. The collated printing provides for the complete printing of the nonrepeating series with respect to each of the images so that the combined images of the first and second series are collated in predetermined units or packets, preferably corresponding to the number of images in the repeating series. A first indicia for identifying the nonrepeating series and a second indicia for identifying the collated units can be printed on the combined images. Also, a strip of pressure-sensitive adhesive can be applied to the back of the combined images to form packets of the combined images and any desired quantity.

Claims35

Dependent claims

A process for producing a plurality of nonrepeating composite images on a web of paper comprising the steps of:

printing a first series of first nonrepeating images on the web utilizing a single printing roller;
printing a first array of second images on the web adjacent the first series of nonrepeating images to create a first set of composite images on the web, the printing of the first array being accomplished utilizing a plurality of printing rollers, each of the rollers having the same diameter;
printing a second series of the first nonrepeating images on the web utilizing said single printing roller, the second series being printed in tandem to the first series of composite images;
printing the first array of second images on the web adjacent the second series of first nonrepeating images to create a second series of composite images on the web, the printing of the first array being accomplished utilizing said plurality of printing rollers;
indexing one of the first nonrepeating image and second image prior to printing the second series of composite images on the web such that no two composite images in the first and second series of composite images comprise the same combination of first nonrepeating image and second image.

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A process for producing packets of multiple sheets of bingo paper comprising the steps of;

printing a first series of a nonrepeating bingo faces on a web of paper in a first prescribed order;
printing a plurality of border colors on the web adjacent the first set of bingo faces in a second prescribed order to create a first series of nonrepeating composite images on the web;
printing a second series of nonrepeating bingo faces on the web in the first prescribed order in tandem with the first series of composite images;
printing the plurality of border colors on the web adjacent the second set of bingo faces in a third prescribed order to create a second set of nonrepeating composite images on the web;
selectively applying adhesive to portions of the web;
cutting the web into a plurality of sheets of paper, each sheet of paper having at least one composite image printed thereon;
stacking said sheets of paper in a fourth prescribed order such that the adhesive binds the sheets of paper into packets of multiple sheets of bingo paper and the border colors are arranged in each packet in a fifth prescribed order;
wherein no two sheets of paper in a common position in two packets of paper have a common composite image printed thereon.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.