Patent ID: 6986306
Filing Date: 2006-01-17
Classification: B41F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An integrated press for producing printed business forms with at least one integrated, removable portion from a source of stock paper comprising: a paper supply station in which a roll of stock paper is mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation to unwind to supply a continuous web of paper to run through the integrated press; at least one printing press station receiving the continuous web of paper and being capable of printing indicia on at least a first selected area of the continuous web of paper as the at least first selected area of the continuous web of paper passes through the at least one printing press station; at least one adhesive patch station receiving the continuous web of paper and being capable of applying a selected amount of patch material on at least a second selected area of the continuous web as the at least second selected area of the continuous web of paper passes through the at least one adhesive patch station, the at least one adhesive patch station having a patch supply station to supply the selected amounts of patch material to be applied and an adhesive applicator to supply adhesive to selected areas of the selected amount of patch material; at least one die cutting station receiving the continuous web of paper and being capable of die cutting at least a third selected area of the continuous web, the at least third selected area being contiguous with the patch material as the continuous web of paper pass through the at least one die cutting station order to produce a removable portion of the continuous web of paper to form business forms with at least one integrated, removable portion; at least one finishing station receiving the continuous web of paper to process the continuous web into a preselected output configuration for the business forms; and at least one punch station receiving a continuous web of paper prior to the at least one finishing station and being capable of removing a selected area of the business form as the continuous web passes through the at least one punch station.