Patent ID: 6852072
Filing Date: 2005-02-08
Classification: B65H,G09F

Abstract:
1. A booklet-forming apparatus that forms a booklet having printed product information, said apparatus comprising: a first processing apparatus comprising a cutting device, said first processing apparatus providing a profiled sheet of paper, said profiled sheet having a length and comprising a first sheet portion having a width transverse to said length of said profiled sheet and a second sheet portion having a width transverse to said length of said profiled sheet, said first sheet portion having a length parallel to said length of said profiled sheet and said second sheet portion having a length parallel to said length of said profiled sheet, said length of said first sheet portion being greater than said length of said second sheet portion and said width of said second sheet portion being greater than said width of said first sheet portion; an adhesive applicator positioned to apply adhesive to a sheet of paper having product information printed thereon; a first folding unit comprising a plurality of folding rollers, said first folding unit making a plurality of folds in said profiled sheet in a first direction perpendicular to said length of said profiled sheet to form an intermediate article comprising a plurality of inner sheet panels, an outer sheet panel that corresponds to said second sheet portion of said profiled sheet, a first folded edge parallel to said first direction, and a second folded edge parallel to said first direction, said folds being made so that said outer sheet panel is not disposed between two of said sheet panels and so that each of a plurality of said sheet panels is adhered to at least one other of said sheet panels by said adhesive along a bonded portion of said intermediate article disposed between a first end of said intermediate article and a second end of said intermediate article; a second processing apparatus comprising a cutting device, said second processing apparatus removing said first and second folded edges of said intermediate article; and a second folding unit comprising a pair of folding rollers, said second folding unit making a fold in said intermediate article along said bonded portion of said intermediate article and in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction, said fold in said intermediate article being made so that said outer sheet panel forms a pair of outer sheets and so that each of said inner sheet panels forms a pair of inner sheets that are disposed between said outer sheets.